## Equivariant minimax and minimal surfaces in geometric three-manifolds.(English)Zbl 0665.49034

New infinite families of minimal surfaces in $$S^ 3$$ are presented, which are constructed by a minimax procedure.
Reviewer: G.Dziuk

### MSC:

 49Q05 Minimal surfaces and optimization 49Q20 Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting 53A10 Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature 49J35 Existence of solutions for minimax problems

### Keywords:

infinite families of minimal surfaces
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