The Gauss map of surfaces in PSL₂( R)

DOI10.1007/S00526-014-0721-1zbMATH Open1315.53062arXiv1305.1491OpenAlexW110680711WikidataQ56885361 ScholiaQ56885361MaRDI QIDQ2017805FDOQ2017805

Isabel Fernández, Pablo Mira, Benoît Daniel

Publication date: 23 March 2015

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define a Gauss map for surfaces in the universal cover of the Lie group PSL_2(R) endowed with a left-invariant Riemannian metric having a 4-dimensional isometry group. This Gauss map is not related to the Lie group structure. We prove that the Gauss map of a nowhere vertical surface of critical constant mean curvature is harmonic into the hyperbolic plane H^2 and we obtain a Weierstrass-type representation formula. This extends results in H^2 x R and the Heisenberg group Nil_3, and completes the proof of existence of harmonic Gauss maps for surfaces of critical constant mean curvature in any homogeneous manifold diffeomorphic to R^3 with isometry group of dimension at least 4.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.1491

zbMATH Keywords

Heisenberg groupGauss map\(\widetilde{\mathrm {PSL}}_2(\mathbb{R})\)surface of critical mean curvature (CMC)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43)

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