The Weierstrass-Enneper representation using hodographic coordinates on a minimal surface (Q1422305)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2040294
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2040294 |
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The Weierstrass-Enneper representation using hodographic coordinates on a minimal surface (English)
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11 February 2004
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In this work, the author proves the Weierstrass-Enneper representation for minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space from the point of view of hodographic coordinates. The author first notes that the stereographic projection of the Gauss map can itself be used as a conformal coordinate for a minimal surface, away from umbilic points of the surface, or equivalently, away from branch points of the Gauss map. This leads to a simpler form for the Weierstrass-Enneper representation away from umbilic points. This simpler form for the representation is then proven by using hodographic coordinates.
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Weierstrass-Enneper representation
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hodographic coordinates
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0.7726048231124878
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0.7721983194351196
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0.7685684561729431
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