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On the geometry of convex reflectors

Vladimir I. Oliker (2002)

Banach Center Publications

In this paper we consider a special class of convex hypersurfaces in Euclidean space which arise as weak solutions to some inverse problems of recovering reflectors from scattering data. For this class of hypersurfaces we study the notion of the focal function which, while sharing the important convexity property with the classical support function, has the advantage of being exactly the "right tool" for such inverse problems. We also discuss briefly the close analogy between one such inverse problem...

Pointed k -surfaces

Graham Smith (2006)

Bulletin de la Société Mathématique de France

Let S be a Riemann surface. Let 3 be the 3 -dimensional hyperbolic space and let 3 be its ideal boundary. In our context, a Plateau problem is a locally holomorphic mapping ϕ : S 3 = ^ . If i : S 3 is a convex immersion, and if N is its exterior normal vector field, we define the Gauss lifting, ı ^ , of i by ı ^ = N . Let n : U 3 3 be the Gauss-Minkowski mapping. A solution to the Plateau problem ( S , ϕ ) is a convex immersion i of constant Gaussian curvature equal to k ( 0 , 1 ) such that the Gauss lifting ( S , ı ^ ) is complete and n ı ^ = ϕ . In this paper, we show...

Polyhedral realisation of hyperbolic metrics with conical singularities on compact surfaces

François Fillastre (2007)

Annales de l’institut Fourier

A Fuchsian polyhedron in hyperbolic space is a polyhedral surface invariant under the action of a Fuchsian group of isometries (i.e. a group of isometries leaving globally invariant a totally geodesic surface, on which it acts cocompactly). The induced metric on a convex Fuchsian polyhedron is isometric to a hyperbolic metric with conical singularities of positive singular curvature on a compact surface of genus greater than one. We prove that these metrics are actually realised by exactly one convex...

Properties of distance functions on convex surfaces and applications

Jan Rataj, Luděk Zajíček (2011)

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

If X is a convex surface in a Euclidean space, then the squared intrinsic distance function dist 2 ( x , y ) is DC (d.c., delta-convex) on X × X in the only natural extrinsic sense. An analogous result holds for the squared distance function dist 2 ( x , F ) from a closed set F X . Applications concerning r -boundaries (distance spheres) and ambiguous loci (exoskeletons) of closed subsets of a convex surface are given.

Riemannian Polyhedra and Liouville-Type Theorems for Harmonic Maps

Zahra Sinaei (2014)

Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces

This paper is a study of harmonic maps fromRiemannian polyhedra to locally non-positively curved geodesic spaces in the sense of Alexandrov. We prove Liouville-type theorems for subharmonic functions and harmonic maps under two different assumptions on the source space. First we prove the analogue of the Schoen-Yau Theorem on a complete pseudomanifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature. Then we study 2-parabolic admissible Riemannian polyhedra and prove some vanishing results on them.

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