Uniqueness and non-uniqueness for the asymptotic Plateau problem in hyperbolic space

Zheng Huang, Ben Lowe, Andrea Seppi

Published 2023-09-01Version 1

We prove a number of results on the number of solutions to the asymptotic Plateau problem in $\mathbb H^3$. In the direction of non-uniqueness, we construct an example of a quasicircle that is the asymptotic boundary of uncountably many pairwise distinct stable minimal disks. Moreover, we discuss criteria that ensure uniqueness. Given a Jordan curve $\Lambda$ in the asymptotic boundary of $\mathbb H^3$, we show that uniqueness of the minimal surfaces with asymptotic boundary $\Lambda$ is equivalent to uniqueness in the smaller class of stable minimal disks, and, when $\Lambda$ is invariant by a Kleinian group, to uniqueness in the even smaller class of group invariant stable minimal disks. Finally, we show that if a quasicircle (or more generally, a Jordan curve of finite width) $\Lambda$ is the asymptotic boundary of a minimal surface $\Sigma$ with principal curvatures less than or equal to 1 in absolute value, then uniqueness holds.