Affine translation surfaces with constant sectional curvature (Q1581016)
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Affine translation surfaces with constant sectional curvature (English)
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11 September 2001
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Translation surfaces \(M^2\) in \(\mathbb{R}^4\) are surfaces which can be written locally as a sum of two curves. Using a special transversal plane bundle the authors prove the following two main theorems. Theorem 1.1: The Gaussian curvature of a translation surface is zero iff one of the defining curves is planar. Theorem 1.2: If the Gauss curvature of a translation surface is constant, then it is zero.
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affine translation surface
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Gauss curvature
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