Translation-like isoptic surfaces and angle sums of translation triangles in \(\mathbf{Nil}\) geometry (Q6171699)

After various papers on geodesic and translation triangles in some of Thurston's eight 3-dimensional geometries, the authors focus in the present paper on the case of the nilpotent geometry ``Nil'' associated to the Heisenberg group. They provide a new approach to prove that the angle sums of translation triangles in the Nil-geometry is larger than or equal to \(\pi\), determining also when the angle sum is exactly \(\pi\). From the abstract: ``Moreover, for the first time in non-constant-curvature Thurston geometries we have developed a procedure for determining the equations of Nil isoptic surfaces of translation-like segments, and as a special case of this we examine the Nil translation-like Thales sphere which we call \textit{Thaloid}.'' A general motivation for this is to study some classical geometric concepts for the 3-dimensional geometries of non-constant curvature.