Parallel and dual surfaces of cuspidal edges

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2015.10.005MaRDI QIDQ901066zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Keisuke Teramoto

Publication date 23 December 2015

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.06500

zbMATH Keywords

cuspidal edgesparallel surfacesprincipal curvatureswallowtails

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45) Critical points of functions and mappings on manifolds (58K05)

Abstract: We study parallel surfaces and dual surfaces of cuspidal edges. We give concrete forms of principal curvature and principal direction for cuspidal edges. Moreover, we define ridge points for cuspidal edges by using those. We clarify relations between singularities of parallel and dual surfaces and differential geometric properties of initial cuspidal edges.

Review text

It is well-known that cuspidal edges and swallowtails occur as generic singularities of wave fronts in \(\mathbb R^3\) [\textit{V. I. Arnold} et al., Singularities of differentiable maps, Volume 1. Classification of critical points, caustics and wave fronts. Transl. from the Russian by Ian Porteous, edited by V. I. Arnol'd. Reprint of the 1985 hardback edition. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser (2012; Zbl 1290.58001)]. On the other hand, parallel surfaces of a regular surface are fronts and may have singularities. There are many works devoted to the study of singularities of parallel surfaces and caustics from the viewpoint of singularity theory (e.g., [\textit{I. R. Porteous}, J. Differ. Geom. 5, 543--564 (1971; Zbl 0226.53010)]). The aim of the paper under review is to study parallel surfaces and dual surfaces of cuspidal edges. Thus, the author defines a notion of ridge points for cuspidal edges and describes relations between singularities on parallel surfaces and geometric properties of initial cuspidal edges similarly to [\textit{T. Fukui} and \textit{M. Hasegawa}, Tohoku Math. J. (2) 64, No. 3, 387--408 (2012; Zbl 1257.53005)], investigates the extended distance squared functions on cuspidal edges and proves that this function has \(D_4\)-singularities or worse, unlike the case of regular surfaces. He also studies dual surfaces and the extended height functions, describes relations between their singularities, etc.

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