We prove that if a complete, properly embedded, finite-topology minimal surface in S2×R contains a line, then its ends are asymptotic to helicoids, and that if the surface is an annulus, it must be a helicoid.
Let$A$and$B$be positive numbers and$m$and$n$positive integers,$m<n$. Then there is for complex valued functions φ on$R$with sufficient differentiability and boundedness properties a representationwhere$v$_{$1$}and$v$_{$2$}are bounded Borel measures with$v$_{$1$}absolutely continuous, such that there exists a function φ with ∣φ^{(n)}∣ ⩽$A$and ∣φ∣ ⩽$A$on$R$and satisfying $$\varphi ^{(m)} (0) = A\int_R {\left| {d\nu _1 } \right|} + B\int_R {\left| {d\nu _2 } \right|} .$$ This result is formulated and proved in a general setting also applicable to derivatives of fractional order. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given in order that the measures and the optimal functions have the same essential properties as those which occur in the particular case stated above.
We study variants of the local models constructed by the second author and Zhu and consider corresponding integral models of Shimura varieties of abelian type. We determine all cases of good, resp. of semi-stable, reduction under tame ramification hypotheses.