arXiv research

Discrete approximation solves Björling's minimal surface problem.

Approximates surfaces using Laguerre geometry with spherical faces.

Method computes harmonic and conformal maps from point clouds.

Given a smooth curve $γ$ in some $m$-dimensional surface $M$ in $\mathbb{R}^{m+1}$, we study existence and uniqueness of a flat surface $H$ having the same field of normal vectors as $M$ along $γ$, which we call a flat approximation of $M$ along $γ$. In particular, the well-known characterisation of flat surfaces as to…

Multivariate Poisson approximation of the length spectrum of random surfaces is studied by means of the Chen-Stein method. This approach delivers simple and explicit error bounds in Poisson limit theorems. They are used to prove that Poisson approximation applies to curves of length up to order $o(\log\log g)$ with $g$…

Approximates smooth surfaces using Laguerre geometry meshes.

Proper superminimal surfaces in hyperbolic 4-space can be approximated by conformal immersions.

We prove the energy identity for min-max sequences of the Sacks-Uhlenbeck and the biharmonic approximation of harmonic maps from surfaces into general target manifolds. The proof relies on Hopf-differential type estimates for the two approximations and on estimates for the concentration radius of bubbles.

The Mittag-Leffler theorem is extended to meromorphic curves and minimal surfaces.

An approximation theorem for minimal surfaces by complete minimal surfaces of finite total curvature in $\mathbb{R}^3$ is obtained. This Mergelyan type result can be extended to the family of complete minimal surfaces of weak finite total curvature, that is to say, having finite total curvature on proper regions of fin…

This research solves Plateau's problem for CRPC surfaces.

In this paper, we prove a uniform approximation theorem with interpolation for complete conformal minimal surfaces with finite total curvature in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$ $(n\ge 3)$. As application, we obtain a Mittag-Leffler type theorem for complete conformal minimal immersions $M\to\mathbb{R}^n$ on any ope…

Minimal surfaces in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group can be constructed by means of a Riemannian approximation scheme, as limit of Riemannian minimal surfaces. We study the regularity of Lipschitz, non-characteristic minimal surfaces which arise as such limits. Our main results are a-priori estimates on the solution…

Paper proves discrete uniformizations converge to continuous for surfaces of genus ≥1.

We prove a version of the classical Runge and Mergelyan uniform approximation theorems for non-orientable minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space R3. Then, we obtain some geometric applications. Among them, we emphasize the following ones: 1. A Gunning-Narasimhan type theorem for non-orientable conformal surfaces. 2. An …

We derive results on the distribution of directions of saddle connections on translation surfaces using only the Birkhoff ergodic theorem applied to the geodesic flow on the moduli space of translation surfaces. Our techniques, together with an approximation argument, also give an alternative proof of a weak version of…

We study the problem of approximating a surface $F$ in $R^3$ by a high quality mesh, a piecewise-flat triangulated surface whose triangles are as close as possible to equilateral. The MidNormal algorithm generates a triangular mesh that is guaranteed to have angles in the interval $[49.1^o, 81.8^o]$. As the mesh size $…

This paper proves properties of CAT(κ) surfaces with bounded curvature.

Study approximates top Lyapunov exponents for surface mapping classes.

We study local and global approximations of smooth nets of curvature lines and smooth conjugate nets by respective discrete nets (circular nets and planar quadrilateral nets) with infinitesimal quads. It is shown that choosing the points of discrete nets on the smooth surface one can obtain second-order approximation g…

The paper connects least area surfaces to quasi-normal surfaces in 3-manifolds.

Study the geometry of lightlike loci on mixed type surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski 3-space.

A set of control points can determine a Bezier surface and a triangulated surface simultaneously. We prove that the triangulated surface becomes homeomorphic and ambient isotopic to the Bezier surface via subdivision. We also show that the total Gaussian curvature of the triangulated surface converges to the total Gaus…

Paper generalizes discrete uniformization for genus-zero surfaces.

This paper develops a new nonlocal approximation method for minimal surfaces, proving robust estimates and separation properties.

Study on stable translation lengths of surface homeomorphisms and their approximations.

We investigate the approximate j-dimensionality of the singularity sets of minimal surfaces prescribed by Simon. This leads to the clasification of 8 variations of approximately j-dimensional surfacs in terms of dimension and locally finite Hausdorff measure. We show that the singularity sets must either be well behave…

Study stochastic processes on surfaces in contact sub-Riemannian manifolds using Riemannian approximations.

The paper proves approximation and interpolation theorems for maxfaces with singularities.

In this paper, we prove that every confomal minimal immersion of an open Riemann surface into $\mathbb{R}^n$ for $n\ge 5$ can be approximated uniformly on compacts by conformal minimal embeddings. Furthermore, we show that every open Riemann surface carries a proper conformal minimal embedding into $\mathbb{R}^5$. One …

We present an approach of computing the intersection curve $\mathcal{C}$ of two rational parametric surface $§_1(u,s)$ and $§_2(v,t)$, one being projectable and hence can easily be implicitized. Plugging the parametric surface to the implicit surface yields a plane algebraic curve $G(v,t)=0$. By analyzing the topology …

We obtain a Runge approximation theorem for holomorphic Legendrian curves and immersions in the complex projective $3$-space $\mathbb{CP}^3$, both from open and compact Riemann surfaces, and we prove that the space of Legendrian immersions from an open Riemann surface into $\mathbb{CP}^3$ is path connected. We also sho…

Discrete geometry model approximates Willmore energy.

We consider a billiard in the sphere S^2 with circular obstacles, and give a sufficient condition for its flow to be uniformly hyperbolic. We show that the billiard flow in this case is approximated by an Anosov geodesic flow on a surface in the ambiant space S^3. As an application, we show that every orientable surfac…

In this paper we study holomorphic immersions of open Riemann surfaces into C^n whose derivative lies in a conical algebraic subvariety A of C^n that is smooth away from the origin. Classical examples of such A-immersions include null curves in C^3 which are closely related to minimal surfaces in R^3, and null curves i…

The paper studies curvature surfaces in conformally flat hypersurfaces and their extensions and approximations.

Almost perimeter-minimizing boundaries in plentiful groups can be approximated by Lipschitz graphs.

Billiard trajectories and geodesics are closely related geometrically.

AQFC method estimates mesh curvatures using quadratic surfaces.

We prove that any metric of non-positive curvature in the sense of Alexandrov on a compact surface can be isometrically embedded as a convex spacelike Cauchy surface in a flat spacetime of dimension (2+1). The proof follows from polyhedral approximation.

Non-negative $L_1$-approximating polynomials for Gaussian distributions are proven for certain classes of sets.

This article finds constant scalar curvature Kahler metrics on certain compact complex surfaces. The surfaces considered are those admitting a holomorphic submersion to a curve, with fibres of genus at least 2. The proof is via an adiabatic limit. An approximate solution is constructed out of the hyperbolic metrics on …

In the present paper, we propose a new discrete surface theory on 3-valent embedded graphs in the 3-dimensional Euclidean space which are not necessarily discretization or approximation of smooth surfaces. The Gauss curvature and the mean curvature of discrete surfaces are defined which satisfy properties corresponding…

There are hyperbolic 3-manifolds that fiber over the circle but that do not admit fibrations by minimal surfaces. Furthermore these manifolds do not admit fibrations by surfaces that are even approximately minimal.

The abstract discusses families of holomorphic maps to Oka manifolds with approximation theorems.

Improved agnostic learning time via Gaussian surface area analysis.

A new algorithm is developed to tackle the issue of sampling non-Gaussian model parameter posterior probability distributions that arise from solutions to Bayesian inverse problems. The algorithm aims to mitigate some of the hurdles faced by traditional Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) samplers, through constructing pro…

Paper proves rigidity of CMC surfaces in curved 3-manifolds.