Integrable systems in projective differential geometry

DOI10.2206/KYUSHUJM.54.183MaRDI QIDQ2769882zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors E. V. Ferapontov

Publication date 2 December 2002

Published in Kyushu Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9903150

zbMATH Keywords

isothermal asymptotic surfacesJanos surfaceprojective developable surfacesprojective minimal surfaceprojective surface theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relations of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems with topology, geometry and differential geometry (37K25) Projective differential geometry (53A20)

Abstract: Some of the most important classes of surfaces in projective 3-space are reviewed: these are isothermally asymptotic surfaces, projectively applicable surfaces, surfaces of Jonas, projectively minimal surfaces, etc. It is demonstrated that the corresponding projective "Gauss-Codazzi" equations reduce to integrable systems which are quite familiar from the modern soliton theory and coincide with the stationary flows in the Davey-Stewartson and Kadomtsev-Petviashvili hierarchies, equations of the Toda lattice, etc. The corresponding Lax pairs can be obtained by inserting a spectral parameter in the equations of the Wilczynski moving frame.

Review text

Die projektive Differentialgeometrie der Flächen im projektiven 3-Raum wurde schon vor längerer Zeit vor allem durch Beiträge von Wilczynski, Fubini, Cartan, Bol, Godeaux, Barner, Kunle und Degen zu hoher Blüte entwickelt; viele ihrer schönen Resultate sind inzwischen nahezu vergessen worden. In der ausgezeichnet geschriebenen Abhandlung gibt der Autor unter Anwendung moderner Methoden (Soliton-Theorie) einen einheitlichen analytischen Zugang, wobei die jeweils entsprechenden integrierbaren Systeme den geometrischen Zugang vorzeichnen. Unter Verwendung des Wilczynski-Dreibeins werden die folgenden Einzelthemen studiert: Isotherme asymptotische Flächen (Veselov-Novikov Gleichung), projektiv abwickelbare Flächen (Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Systeme, Davey-Stewartson-Systeme), Jonas-Flächen (Davey-Stewartson-Systeme), projektive Minimalflächen (periodische Toda-Verbände der Periode 6), Flächen deren Schmieglinien linearen Komplexen angehören (\(W\)-Kongruenzen, Bäcklund-Transformationen, Dirac-Gleichung). Die umfangreiche Abhandlung enthält ein ausgezeichnetes Literaturverzeichnis und wird für die Zukunft sicher viele Anregungen zu weiterer Forschung auf diesem interessanten Gebiet liefern.

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