Initial value problems of the sine-Gordon equation and geometric solutions (Q2487351)

As is well known, by using inverse scattering techniques, every solution \(\varphi (x,y)\) of the sine-Gordon equation \(u_{xy}=\sin u\) can be interpreted as a nonlinear superposition of solutions along the axes \(x=0\) and \(y=0\), of which the geometric interpretation is that every weakly regular surface of Gauss curvature \(K=-1\), in arc length asymptotic line parametrization, is uniquely determined by the values \(\varphi (x,0)\) and \(\varphi (0,y)\) of its coordinate angle along the axes. In this paper, the author introduces a generalized Weierstrass representation of pseudo-spherical surfaces that depends only on these values. Moreover, the author explicitly construct the associated family of pseudo-spherical immersions corresponding to it.