A loop group method for Demoulin surfaces in the 3-dimensional real projective space (Q2348080): Difference between revisions

For a surface in the 3-dimensional real projective space, the author defines a Gauss map, which is a quadric in \(\mathbb R^4\), called the first-order Gauss map. The aim of this paper is to show that the surface is a Demoulin surface if and only if the first-order Gauss map is conformal, and the surface is a projective minimal coincidence surface or a Demoulin surface if and only if the first-order Gauss map is harmonic. Moreover for a Demoulin surface, it is shown that the first-order Gauss map can be obtained by the natural projection of the Lorentz primitive map into a 6-symmetric space. The author also characterizes Demoulin surfaces via a family of flat connections on the trivial bundle \(D\times \mathrm{SL}_4\mathbb{R}\) over a simply connected domain \(D\) in the Euclidean 2-plane.