A generalization of Bäcklund theorem (Q1909423)
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A generalization of Bäcklund theorem (English)
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1 December 1996
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The following beautiful result is proved by direct calculations. Let \(r = r(u,v)\) be equations of a surface \(S \subset \mathbb{R}^3\) where \(u = \text{const.}\) and \(v = \text{const.}\) represent the lines of curvature with the unit tangent vectors denoted \(e_1\) and \(e_2\), respectively. Let moreover \[ r' = r'(u,v) = r - {1\over 2m} \sin \tau (e + e^\perp) + {1\over 2m} (1 - \cos \tau) e_2 \] be equations of another surface \(S' \subset \mathbb{R}^3\), where \(\tau\), \(m\) \((m > 0)\) are constants, and \[ e = \cos \alpha e_1 + \sin \alpha e_2,\quad e^\perp = -\sin \alpha e_1 + \cos \alpha e_2 \] are vectors of the tangent planes. If the Gaussian and the mean curvatures \(K\), \(H\) of \(S\) satisfy the identity \(K = 2mH - 2m^2\), and \(\alpha = \alpha(u,v)\) is chosen as a solution of a completely integrable system (depending on \(S\) and \(\tau\)), then the relevant curvatures of \(S'\) satisfy the same identity \(K' = 2mH' - 2m\).
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Bäcklund transformation
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Gaussian curvature
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mean curvature
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