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Cauchy problems for discrete affine minimal surfaces

Marcos Craizer, Thomas Lewiner, Ralph Teixeira (2012)

Archivum Mathematicum

In this paper we discuss planar quadrilateral (PQ) nets as discrete models for convex affine surfaces. As a main result, we prove a necessary and sufficient condition for a PQ net to admit a Lelieuvre co-normal vector field. Particular attention is given to the class of surfaces with discrete harmonic co-normals, which we call discrete affine minimal surfaces, and the subclass of surfaces with co-planar discrete harmonic co-normals, which we call discrete improper affine spheres. Within this classes,...

Centroaffine differential geometry and its relations to horizontal submanifolds

Luc Vrancken (2002)

Banach Center Publications

We relate centroaffine immersions f : M n + 1 to horizontal immersions g of Mⁿ into S n + 1 2 n + 1 ( 1 ) or H n 2 n + 1 ( - 1 ) . We also show that f is an equiaffine sphere, i.e. the centroaffine normal is a constant multiple of the Blaschke normal, if and only if g is minimal.

Complex surfaces in ℂ⁴ with recurrent shape operators

Paweł Witowicz (2007)

Annales Polonici Mathematici

We study complex affine surfaces in ℂ⁴ with the transversal bundle defined by Nomizu and Vrancken. We classify the surfaces that have recurrent shape operators and parallel transversal metric.

Curvature functionals for curves in the equi-affine plane

Steven Verpoort (2011)

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

After having given the general variational formula for the functionals indicated in the title, the critical points of the integral of the equi-affine curvature under area constraint and the critical points of the full-affine arc-length are studied in greater detail. Notice. An extended version of this article is available on arXiv:0912.4075.

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