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We consider Finsler spaces with a Randers metric F=α+β, on the three dimensional real vector space, where α is the Euclidean metric and β=bdx 3 is a 1-form with norm b,0≤b<1. By using the notion of mean curvature for immersions in Finsler spaces introduced by Z. Shen, we get the ordinary differential equation that characterizes the minimal surfaces of rotation around the x 3 axis. We prove that for every b,0≤b<1, there exists, up to homothety, a unique forward complete minimal surface of rotation. The surface is embedded, symmetric with respect to a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis and it is generated by a concave plane curve. Moreover, for every there are non complete minimal surfaces of rotation, which include explicit minimal cones.
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Received: 30 November 2001 / Published online: 10 February 2003
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Souza, M., Tenenblat, K. Minimal surfaces of rotation in Finsler space with a Randers metric. Math. Ann. 325, 625–642 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-002-0392-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-002-0392-7