Cubic differentials in the differential geometry of surfaces

DOI10.4171/161-1/9MaRDI QIDQ2990305zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ian McIntosh, John Loftin

Publication date 29 July 2016

Published in Handbook of Teichmüller Theory, Volume VI (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.5120

zbMATH Keywords

cubic differentialsequations of Ţiţeica typehyperbolic Riemann surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differentials on Riemann surfaces (30F30)

Abstract: We discuss the local differential geometry of convex affine spheres in $e^3$ and of minimal Lagrangian surfaces in Hermitian symmetric spaces. In each case, there is a natural metric and cubic differential holomorphic with respect to the induced conformal structure: these data come from the Blaschke metric and Pick form for the affine spheres and from the induced metric and second fundamental form for the minimal Lagrangian surfaces. The local geometry, at least for main cases of interest, induces a natural frame whose structure equations arise from the affine Toda system for $mathfrak{a}_2^{(2)}$. We also discuss the global theory and applications to representations of surface groups and to mirror symmetry.

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