Noncommutative minimal surfaces

DOI10.1007/S11005-016-0861-7MaRDI QIDQ312457zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Joakim Arnlind, Jaigyoung Choe, Jens Hoppe

Publication date 15 September 2016

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.0757

zbMATH Keywords

noncommutative catenoidnoncommutative Enneper surfacenoncommutative minimal surfacesnoncommutative Weierstrass representationWeyl algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncommutative differential geometry (46L87) Noncommutative geometry (à la Connes) (58B34) Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory (81R60)

Abstract: We define noncommutative minimal surfaces in the Weyl algebra, and give a method to construct them by generalizing the well-known Weierstrass-representation.

Review text

A minimal surface in classical differential geometry is charaterized by the fact that its embedding coordinates \(x^1,\dots,x^n\) are harmonic with respect to the Laplace operator of the surface. The authors define noncommutative minimal surfaces as Hermitian elements in the \(n\)-free module \({\mathcal F}_\hslash^n={\mathcal F}_\hslash\times \dots {\mathcal F}_\hslash\), where \({\mathcal F}_\hslash\) denotes a quotient skew field of the Weyl algebra \({\mathcal A}_\hslash\). This is the universal algebra with two generators \(U,V\) subject to the relation \[ UV-VU=i \hslash 1. \] Analogues of the derivation and Laplace operators are introduced, in order to define noncommutative harmonic coordinates. It is shown that this concept is invariant with respect to \(*\)-automorphisms of \({\mathcal F }_\hslash\). An analogue of the Weierstrass representation theorem is proved. Several examples are constructed.

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