Euclidean hypersurfaces with genuine deformations in codimension two (Q1942237)

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Euclidean hypersurfaces with genuine deformations in codimension two
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    Euclidean hypersurfaces with genuine deformations in codimension two (English)
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    18 March 2013
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    The authors give a complete local description, in terms of the Gauss parametrization, of rank two Euclidean hypersurfaces of dimension \(n\geq 3\) that admit a genuine isometric deformation in \(\mathbb R^{n+2}\). They are divided into three distinct classes from which the less interesting ones are formed by ruled and surface-like hypersurfaces. The characterization of the Gauss images of the hypersurfaces in the remaining third class turns out to be significantly more involved than that in the Sbrana-Cartan theory. These hypersurfaces are rather special and the authors construct a large family of explicit examples.
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