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48 results for derivative surfaces

The Schwarzian derivative helps classify minimal surfaces by their degree.

problem Classifying minimal surfaces based on their geometric properties.
method Using the Schwarzian derivative, constructing sequences of meromorphic differentials.
result Minimal surfaces can be approximated by sequences of increasing degree.

Paper compares five surface Navier-Stokes derivations and finds some are equivalent.

problem Modeling evolving fluidic surfaces using different principles and coordinate systems.
method Systematic comparison of five derivations using tangential and normal components.
result All derivations yield the same tangential surface Navier-Stokes equations.

Defines observer-invariant time derivatives on moving surfaces.

problem Deriving appropriate definitions for time derivatives on surfaces that move.
method Systematically derived from spacetime settings, considering observer-invariance and covariance principles.
result Formulations applicable for computations of tangential n-tensor fields on moving surfaces.

Gradient flows for surface energies with tensor fields are derived and analyzed.

problem Deriving consistent gradient flows for surface energies involving tensor fields.
method Introducing different gauges of surface independence and demonstrating their effects on energy decrease.
result Consistent choice of gauge and time derivative is necessary for energy decrease.

We investigate minimal surfaces passing a given curve in R3R^{3}. Using the Frenet frame of a given curve and isothermal parameter, we derive the necessary and sufficient condition for minimal surface. Also we derive the parametric representation of two minimal surface families passing a circle and a helix as examples.

2014-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

New minimal surfaces in 4D space derived from parametric equations.

problem Deriving explicit parametric equations for higher-order Henneberg-type minimal surfaces in R4\mathbb{R}^4.
method Generalized Weierstrass--Enneper representation and differential geometric analysis.
result Explicit parametric equations and differential geometric characteristics of the Henneberg-type minimal surfaces in R4\mathbb{R}^4.

We study compact hyperbolic surface laminations. These are a generalization of closed hyperbolic surfaces which appear to be more suited to the study of Teichmüller theory than arbitrary non-compact surfaces. We show that the Teichmüller space of any non-trivial hyperbolic surface lamination is infinite dimensional. In…

2019-07-28abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper goes some way in explaining how to construct an integrable hierarchy of flows on the space of conformally immersed tori in n-space. These flows have first occured in mathematical physics -- the Novikov-Veselov and Davey-Stewartson hierarchies -- as kernel dimension preserving deformations of the Dirac operat…

2001-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper derives upper bounds on eigenvalues of Laplace-Beltrami operator on hyperbolic surfaces.

problem Finding upper bounds on eigenvalues of Laplace-Beltrami operator on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Using spectral decompositions and consistency conditions derived from quadruple overlap integrals in terms of triple overlap integrals.
result Derives upper bounds on eigenvalues, nearly saturated by the Bolza surface.

We consider a general theory of curvatures of discrete surfaces equipped with edgewise parallel Gauss images, and where mean and Gaussian curvatures of faces are derived from the faces' areas and mixed areas. Remarkably these notions are capable of unifying notable previously defined classes of surfaces, such as discre…

2009-01-29abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper calculates the derivative of surface holonomy for non-abelian gerbes.

problem Calculating the derivative of surface holonomy for non-abelian gerbes.
method Explicit calculation of the derivative formula for surface holonomy of squares mapped into the base manifold.
result Derivation of a formula for the derivative of surface holonomy of squares mapped into the base manifold.

Extends illumination bodies to non-Euclidean spaces and proves their volume derivative defines surface area.

problem Defining surface area in non-Euclidean geometries.
method Generalizes illumination bodies to Riemannian spaces of constant curvature and projective Finsler geometries, proving their volume derivative defines surface area.
result Derivative of volume of illumination bodies defines surface area in non-Euclidean geometries.

Study shows a modified cobordism category's first derivative is equivalent to a Thom spectrum.

problem Analyzing the homotopy type of surface cobordism categories.
method Defined a new cobordism category over a base space, proving properties of induced functors and derivatives.
result The first derivative of the induced functor is equivalent to a Thom spectrum.

For a two-dimensional surface in the four-dimensional Euclidean space we introduce an invariant linear map of Weingarten type in the tangent space of the surface, which generates two invariants k and kappa. The condition k = kappa = 0 characterizes the surfaces consisting of flat points. The minimal surfaces are charac…

2007-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Derives the derivative of the Riemann-Hilbert map for surface connections.

problem Computing the derivative of the Riemann-Hilbert map for surface connections.
method Computes the derivative of the Riemann-Hilbert map for a pair of a closed Riemann surface and a holomorphic connection.
result Recovering previously obtained results on the injectivity locus of the derivative map.

The study provides energy estimates for Willmore surfaces and derives a gap statement.

problem Analyzing the tracefree curvature of Willmore surfaces.
method Proves ε-regularity result for tracefree curvature with bounded second fundamental form.
result Derives a gap statement for surfaces of the specified type.

Study on surfaces with conical singularities and geodesic boundaries, deriving existence results.

problem Existence of conformal metrics with prescribed Gaussian curvature on surfaces with conical singularities and geodesic boundaries.
method Variational argument to derive existence results for surfaces with at least two boundary components.
result First result in this setting for surfaces with conical singularities of both positive and negative orders.

Derives a new formula for optimal stopping problems with exploding derivatives.

problem Optimal stopping problems with complex boundary conditions.
method Develops a change of variable formula for functions with exploding derivatives near a surface.
result Derives a formula similar to Itô's but with less restrictive conditions.

In this paper, we generalize the polar transforms of spacelike isothermic surfaces in Q14Q^4_1 to n-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian space forms QrnQ^n_r. We show that there exist cc-polar spacelike isothermic surfaces derived from a spacelike isothermic surface in QrnQ^n_r, which are into Srn+1(c)S^{n+1}_r(c), Hr1n+1(c)H^{n+1}_{r-1}(c)

2011-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops new methods for Epstein surfaces and W-volume.

problem Constructing and understanding Epstein surfaces and W-volume.
method Alternate construction using Osgood-Stowe differential; variational formulas.
result Generalizations of Epstein's univalence criterion and variational formulas for W-volume.

New equations reveal how cylinder power in progressive lenses depends on geodesic curvature.

problem Current understanding of cylinder power in progressive lenses is incomplete.
method Derived complete compatibility equations for spatially-varying curvature surfaces.
result Cylinder power depends on geodesic curvature, not just principal curvature.

We study a class of fourth-order geometric problems modelling Willmore surfaces, conformally constrained Willmore surfaces, isoperimetrically constrained Willmore surfaces, bi-harmonic surfaces in the sense of Chen, among others. We prove several local energy estimates and derive a global gap lemma.

2018-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Study eigenvalues of Dirac operator on surfaces, proving existence and deriving inequalities.

problem Finding optimal bounds for Dirac eigenvalues on spin surfaces.
method Minimization problem within a fixed conformal class, focusing on surfaces.
result Derive isoperimetric inequalities for the Dirac operator on the sphere, complete conformal spectrum characterization.

We study Christoffel and Darboux transforms of discrete isothermic nets in 4-dimensional Euclidean space: definitions and basic properties are derived. Analogies with the smooth case are discussed and a definition for discrete Ribaucour congruences is given. Surfaces of constant mean curvature are special among all iso…

1996-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

We study rigidity of polyhedral surfaces and the moduli space of polyhedral surfaces using variational principles. Curvature like quantities for polyhedral surfaces are introduced. Many of them are shown to determine the polyhedral metric up to isometry. The action functionals in the variational approaches are derived …

2006-12-22abs ↗pdf ↗

In the paper we formulate and derive the family blowup formula of family Seiberg-Witten invariants. The formula has been used in the enumerative application of counting singular curves on algebraic surfaces. We first give a topological derivation of the formula by using family index theorem. Then we define the algebrai…

2003-05-20abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the rigidity of polyhedral surfaces using variational principle. The action functionals are derived from the cosine laws. The main focus of this paper is on the cosine law for a non-triangular region bounded by three possibly disjoint geodesics. Several of these cosine laws were first discovered and used by Fe…

2007-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗