Special Weingarten surfaces foliated by circles (Q938327)
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Special Weingarten surfaces foliated by circles (English)
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19 August 2008
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Let \(S\) be a surface in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). \(S\) is a special Weingarten surface if there is a linear relation between the mean curvature \(H\) and the Gaussian curvature \(K\) of \(S\). This relation takes the form \(aH + bK = c\), with \(a,b,c\) constants. On the other hand, a surface is cyclic if it is the surface determined by a smooth uniparametric family of (pieces of) circles. In this paper cyclic special Weingarten surfaces are studied. The main result is that every cyclic special Weingarten surface must be either a surface of revolution, a periodic minimal Riemann surface or a generalized cone.
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cyclic surface
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Weingarten surface
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mean and Gauss curvature
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