Notion of H-orientability for surfaces in the Heisenberg group H^n

Abstract: This paper aims to define and study a notion of orientability in the Heisenberg sense (

m a t h b b H

-orientability) for the Heisenberg group

m a t h b b H^{n}

. In particular, we define such notion for

m a t h b b H

-regular

1

-codimensional surfaces. Analysing the behaviour of a M"obius Strip in

m a t h b b H^{1}

, we find a

1

-codimensional

m a t h b b H

-regular, but not Euclidean-orientable, subsurface. Lastly we show that, for regular enough surfaces,

m a t h b b H

-orientability implies Euclidean-orientability. As a consequence, we conclude that non-

m a t h b b H

-orientable

m a t h b b H

-regular surfaces exist in

m a t h b b H^{1}

.

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