Equivariant index bound for min–max free boundary minimal surfaces

Given a three-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary and a finite group of orientation-preserving isometries of this manifold, we prove that the equivariant index of a free boundary minimal surface obtained via an equivariant min-max procedure à la Simon–Smith with n-parameters is bounded above by n.

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