Download or read book The Index Theorem for Minimal Surfaces of Higher Genus written by Friedrich Tomi and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper we formulate and prove an index theorem for minimal surfaces of higher topological type spanning one boundary contour. Our techniques carry over to surfaces with several boundary contours as well as to unoriented surfaces.