Rotational surfaces of constant astigmatism in space forms (Q2009318)

A surface in space form \(\mathbb{M}^3\) is said to have \textit{constant astigmatism} if the difference \(\rho_2 - \rho_1\) of the principal radii \(\rho_1\) and \(\rho_2\) of curvature is a constant function. Here, the authors classify constant astigmatism surfaces of revolution. To this end, they provide a variational characterisation of generating curves of such surfaces and classify solutions of the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation.