Generalized polar transforms of spacelike isothermic surfaces

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2011.11.003MaRDI QIDQ2428162zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Peng Wang

Publication date 24 April 2012

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1115

zbMATH Keywords

c-polar transformChristoffel transformDarboux transformpermutability theoremspace-like isothermic surfacesspectral transform

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher-dimensional and -codimensional surfaces in Euclidean and related (n)-spaces (53A07) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

Abstract: In this paper, we generalize the polar transforms of spacelike isothermic surfaces in $Q_1^4$ to n-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian space forms $Q_r^n$. We show that there exist $c-$polar spacelike isothermic surfaces derived from a spacelike isothermic surface in $Q_r^n$, which are into $S_r^{n+1}(c)$, $H_{r-1}^{n+1}(c)$ or $Q_r^n$ depending on $c>0,<0,$ or $=0$. The $c-$polar isothermic surfaces can be characterized as generalized $H-$surfaces with null minimal sections. We also prove that if both the original surface and its $c-$polar surface are closed immersion, then they have the same Willmore functional. As examples, we discuss some product surfaces and compute the $c-$polar transforms of them. In the end, we derive the permutability theorems for $c-$polar transforms and Darboux transform and spectral transform of isothermic surfaces.

Review text

The polar transform of space-like isothermic surfaces in the common conformal compactification \(Q^4_1\) of the three Lorentzian space forms with constant curvature \(c \in \{-1, 0, 1\}\) has been considered in [\textit{X.~Ma} and \textit{P.~Wang}, Result. Math. 52, No. 3--4, 347--358 (2008; Zbl 1239.53016)]. In this paper, the author generalizes this polar transform to so-called ``\(c\)-polar transforms of space-like isothermic surfaces in the conformal compactification \(Q^n_r\) of \(n\)-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian space forms of constant curvature. Under mild additional assumptions, the \(c\)-polar transform is again space-like isothermic and can be characterized as generalized \(H\)-surface with null minimal section (a surface with mean curvature vector \(H\) that admits a unit normal vector field \(N\) such that \(\langle N, H \rangle = 0\)). If both, the original isothermic surface and its \(c\)-polar transform are closed immersions, they have the same Willmore functional. Finally, the \(c\)-polar transform commutes with the Darboux transform and the spectral transform of isothermic surfaces.

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• Conformal geometry of marginally trapped surfaces in \(\mathbb {S}^4_1\)

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