The Ribaucour families of discrete R-congruences

DOI10.1007/S10711-021-00614-1MaRDI QIDQ2230967zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thilo Rörig, Gudrun Szewieczek

Publication date 29 September 2021

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.04447

zbMATH Keywords

discrete differential geometrydiscrete Legendre mapsLie inversionsLie sphere geometryRibaucour transformation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relations of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems with topology, geometry and differential geometry (37K25) Lie-Bäcklund and other transformations for infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K35) Other special differential geometries (53A40) Discrete differential geometry (53A70) Local submanifolds (53B25)

Abstract: While a generic smooth Ribaucour sphere congruence admits exactly two envelopes, a discrete R-congruence gives rise to a 2-parameter family of discrete enveloping surfaces. The main purpose of this paper is to gain geometric insights into this ambiguity. In particular, discrete R-congruences that are enveloped by discrete channel surfaces and discrete Legendre maps with one family of spherical curvature lines are discussed.

Review text

Classically, a smooth 2-parameter family of spheres is called Ribaucour sphere congruence if its two enveloping surfaces have corresponding curvature lines. Since a smooth sphere congruence admits at most two envelopes, each such sphere congruence provides a Ribaucour pair of surfaces. A generic smooth Ribaucour sphere congruence admits exactly two envelopes, a discrete R-congruence gives rise to a 2-parameter family of discrete enveloping surfaces. The main purpose of this paper is to gain geometric insights into this ambiguity. In particular, discrete R-congruences that are enveloped by discrete channel surfaces and discrete Legendre maps with one family of spherical curvature lines are discussed.

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