Abstract
One of the main objectives of this paper is to unravel a new interesting phenomenon of the sub-Riemannian Bernstein problem with respect to its Euclidean ancestor, with the purpose of also indicating a possible line of attack toward its solution. We show that the global intrinsic graphs (1.2) are unstable critical points of the horizontal perimeter. As a consequence of this fact, the study of the stability acquires a central position in the problem itself.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 317-339 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | American Journal of Mathematics |
Volume | 130 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2008 |
Keywords
- First and second variation formulas
- H-minimal surfaces
- Intrinsic graphs