On discrete differential geometry in twistor space

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2013.02.008zbMATH Open1283.53013arXiv1103.5711OpenAlexW2964300216WikidataQ115353182 ScholiaQ115353182MaRDI QIDQ387744FDOQ387744

Authors: George Shapiro 

Publication date: 17 December 2013

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

Abstract: In this paper we introduce a discrete integrable system generalizing the discrete (real) cross-ratio system in $S^4$ to complex values of a generalized cross-ratio by considering $S^4$ as a real section of the complex Pl"ucker quadric, realized as the space of two-spheres in $S^4.$ We develop the geometry of the Pl"ucker quadric by examining the novel contact properties of two-spheres in $S^4,$ generalizing classical Lie geometry in $S^3.$ Discrete differential geometry aims to develop discrete equivalents of the geometric notions and methods of classical differential geometry. We define discrete principal contact element nets for the Pl"ucker quadric and prove several elementary results. Employing a second real real structure, we show that these results generalize previous results by Bobenko and Suris $(2007)$ on discrete differential geometry in the Lie quadric.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.5711

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zbMATH Keywords

discrete differential geometryquaternionic projective spacediscrete integrable systemscross-ratioconformal differential geometryPlücker quadric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polyhedral manifolds (52B70) Other special differential geometries (53A40) Twistor methods in differential geometry (53C28)

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