Darboux transforms and simple factor dressing of constant mean curvature surfaces (Q1938861)

In this work, the authors define a transformation on harmonic maps \(N:M\rightarrow S^2\) from a Riemann surface \(M\) into the \(2\)-sphere which depends on a parameter \(\mu \in \mathbb{C}_*\), the so called \(\mu\)-Darboux transformation. If the harmonic map \(N\) is the Gauss map of a constant mean curvature surface \(f:M\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^3 \) they prove the following: For all parameters \(\mu \in \mathbb{C}_*\) the transformation on the harmonic Gauss map of \(f\) is induced by a (generalized) Darboux transformation on \(f\). This operation on harmonic maps coincides with simple factor dressing and this generalizes results on classical Darboux transforms of constant mean curvature surfaces: ``Every \(\mu\)-Darboux transform is a simple factor dressing, and vice versa.''