Lower bounds on density for topologically nontrivial minimal cones up to dimension six

Bernstein, Jacob  ; Wang, Lu 

Forum of Mathematics, Sigma, Tome 13 (2025) no. 1, p. e122

Résumé

We prove lower bounds on the density of regular minimal cones of dimension less than seven provided the complements of the cones are topologically nontrivial.

Détail

DOI : 10.1017/fms.2025.10080

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