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Surveys in Differential Geometry
Volume 21 (2016)
Topology of the space of cycles and existence of minimal varieties
Pages: 165 – 177
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/SDG.2016.v21.n1.a5
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Abstract
In this article we survey what is known about the existence of minimal varieties of dimension $l \geq 2$ in compact Riemannian manifolds. We describe how min-max methods can be used in conjunction with the nontrivial topology of the space of cycles. In the final section, we propose some open questions in the subject.
Published 7 June 2016