arXiv research

Directly proves Brioschi formula for Gaussian curvature.

The Gaussian curvature $K$ is a fundamental geometric quantity discovered by Gauss in the case of surfaces embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. One can naturally extend the definition of the Gaussian curvature to arbitrary submanifolds of $\mathbb{R}^k$ so that the extrinsic interpretation of $K$, the Theorema Egregium and the …

Developed a new concept of isometric surfaces in isotropic space.

This essay, an excerpt of the author's Ph.D. in Philosophy of mathematics (2012) thought of as being a companion to recent discoveries of new explicit Cartan geometry curvatures, analyzes how Gauss, after having devised the isometrically invariant character of curvature, struggled with elimination computations in order…

Survey on discrete curvature concepts for polygons and polyhedral surfaces.

The abstract extends curvature measures to pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.

The curvature of Gauss maps for flat submanifolds is studied in space forms.

This expository paper contains a detailed introduction to some important works concerning the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem. The study of this theorem has a long history dating back to Gauss's Theorema Egregium (Latin: Remarkable Theorem) and culminated in Chern's groundbreaking work [14] in 1944, which is a deep and wond…

We prove the following localized version of a classical ellipsoid characterization: Let $B\subset\mathbb R^3$ be convex body with a smooth strictly convex boundary and 0 in the interior, and suppose that there is an open set of planes through 0 such that all sections of $B$ by these planes are linearly equivalent. Then…

Sophie Germain's mean curvature deserves recognition as a surface shape measure.

Gauss diagrams' properties can change with Hamiltonian cycle choice.

By defining combinatorial moves, we can define an equivalence relation on Gauss words called homotopy. In this paper we define a homotopy invariant of Gauss words. We use this to show that there exist Gauss words that are not homotopically equivalent to the empty Gauss word, disproving a conjecture by Turaev. In fact, …

Algorithm for recognizing and performing Reidemeister moves in Gauss diagrams.

We discuss Gauss codes of virtual diagrams and virtual doodles. The notion of a left canonical Gauss code is introduced and it is shown that oriented virtual doodles are uniquely presented by left canonical Gauss codes.

Incorrect parity-based descriptions of realizable Gauss diagrams found, but bipartite graphs provide a valid approach.

Study rotational surfaces with prescribed Gauss curvature in 3D space.

Paper solves Orlicz-Aleksandrov problem using Gauss curvature flow.

Study Gauss maps of surfaces in Heisenberg group using hyperbolic geometry.

Study on Gauss images of specific minimal surfaces with finite curvature.

Study on rotational hypersurfaces with constant Gauss-Kronecker curvature.

We give an estimate of the Gauss curvature for minimal surfaces in ${\mathbb R}^m$ whose Gauss map omits more than $m(m+1)/2$ hyperplanes in ${\mathbb P}^{m-1}({\mathbb C})$.

The paper studies the space of Gauss maps of complete minimal surfaces and their homotopy types.

The Gauss Image Measure uniquely identifies dual convex bodies up to dilation.

Study on multiple linking numbers, extending Gauss diagram formulas.

Study on Gauss map of anisotropic minimal surfaces with Morse index estimates.

Study classifies hypersurfaces in 4D Lorentz-Minkowski space using specific operators.

We study the Gauss map of minimal surfaces in the Heisenberg group $\mathrm{Nil}_3$ endowed with a left-invariant Riemannian metric. We prove that the Gauss map of a nowhere vertical minimal surface is harmonic into the hyperbolic plane $\mathbb{H}^2$. Conversely, any nowhere antiholomorphic harmonic map into $\mathbb{…

New experiments show Gauss diagrams not all as simple as previously thought.

The paper examines circle graphs of Gauss diagrams and finds counterexamples to previous descriptions.

Classification of constant curvature surfaces in Berger spheres.

This foreword discusses the contributions of Bolyai, Gauss, and Lobachevsky to non-Euclidean geometry.

From the point of view of index theory, we give a simple proof of a Gauss-Bonnet-Chern formula for all Finsler manifolds by the Cartan connection. Based on this, we establish a Gauss-Bonnet-Chern formula for any metric-compatible connection and also derive the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern formula of Lackey.

We study the biharmonic stress-energy tensor $S_2$ of Gauss map. Adding few assumptions, the Gauss map with vanishing $S_2$ would be harmonic.

Gauss map of complete minimal surfaces avoids certain hypersurfaces.

We prove a global smooth isometric immersion for negatively curved surfaces with finite total curvature.

Generalizes Gauss-Bonnet to metrics with logarithmic singularities.

In this paper we use theory of embedded graphs on oriented and compact $PL$-surfaces to construct minimal realizations of signed Gauss paragraphs. We prove that the genus of the ambient surface of these minimal realizations can be seen as a function of the maximum number of Carter's circles. For the case of signed Gaus…

Harmonic and minimal great circle fibrations have special Gauss maps.

The $(2k)$-th Gauss-Bonnet curvature is a generalization to higher dimensions of the $(2k)$-dimensional Gauss-Bonnet integrand, it coincides with the usual scalar curvature for $k=1$. The Gauss-Bonnet curvatures are used in theoretical physics to describe gravity in higher dimensional space times where they are known a…

Study examines noncompact cases of Gauss Curvature Flow on revolution surfaces.

We define a new kind of Gauss diagrams to describe knots in the solid torus with projections in the annulus. We see that it provides an efficient tool for showing that a knot diagram can be fully recovered from its decorated Gauss diagram, and we use it to establish a characterization of the decorated Gauss diagrams of…

In discrete differential geometry, it is widely believed that the discrete Gaussian curvature of a polyhedral vertex star equals the algebraic area of its Gauss image. However, no complete proof has yet been described. We present an elementary proof in which we compare, for a particular normal vector, its winding numbe…

In this paper, we study the Lorentzian minimal surfaces in the Minkowski space-time with finite type Gauss map. First, we obtain the classification of this type of surfaces with pointwise 1-type Gauss map. Then, we proved that there are no Lorentzian minimal surface in the Minkowski space-time with null 2-type Gauss ma…

We prove that the distortion function of the Gauss map of a harmonic surface coincides with the distortion function of the surface. Consequently, Gauss map of a harmonic surface is ${\mathcal{K}}$ quasiregular if and only if the surface is ${\mathcal{K}}$ quasiregular, provided that the Gauss map is regular or what is …

Paper solves Musielak-Orlicz-Gauss image problem using parabolic flows.

We perform a systematic study of the image of the Gauss map for complete minimal surfaces in Euclidean four-space. In particular, we give a geometric interpretation of the maximal number of exceptional values of the Gauss map of a complete orientable minimal surface in Euclidean four-space. We also provide optimal resu…

The isometric immersion of two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds or surfaces in the three-dimensional Euclidean space is a fundamental problem in differential geometry. When the Gauss curvature is negative, the isometric immersion problem is considered in this paper through the Gauss-Codazzi system for the second fundam…

We define a new one form H^A based on the second fundamental tensor H^abA, the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern form can be novelly expressed with this one-form. Using the phi-mapping theory we find that the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern density can be expressed in terms of the delta-function and the relationship between the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern…