Abstract
We introduce an asymptotic quantity that counts area-minimizing surfaces in negatively curved closed 3-manifolds and show that quantity to only be minimized, among all metrics of sectional curvature ≤-1, by the hyperbolic metric.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1615-1648 |
Number of pages | 34 |
Journal | Duke Mathematical Journal |
Volume | 171 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2022 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Mathematics