Singularities of maximal surfaces (Q930500)
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Singularities of maximal surfaces (English)
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30 June 2008
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It is proved that the singularities of spacelike maximal surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski 3-space generically consist of cuspidal edges, swallowtails and cuspidal cross caps. The same result holds for spacelike mean curvature one surfaces in de Sitter 3-space. To prove these results, the authors give a simple criterion for a given singular point on a surface to be a cuspidal cross cap.
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maximal surfaces
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Minkowski space
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de Sitter space
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cuspidal cross cap
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