Surfaces with central convex cross-sections

DOI10.4171/CMH/253zbMATH Open1255.53007arXiv0904.3493MaRDI QIDQ424802FDOQ424802

Bruce Solomon

Publication date: 5 June 2012

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A surface S in R^3 has the central plane oval property (cpo) if (i) S meets at least one affine plane transversally along a strictly convex oval, and (ii) Every such transverse oval on S has central symmetry. We show that a complete, connected C^2 surface with cpo must be either a generalized cylinder, or quadric. Applying this, we deduce that a complete C^2 surface containing a transverse plane oval but no skewloop, must be a cylinder or a quadric.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.3493

zbMATH Keywords

central symmetryquadric surfaceovalskewloop

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Affine differential geometry (53A15)

Cited In (4)

• Central cross-sections make surfaces of revolution quadric
• Existence and nonexistence of skew branes
• Skew loops and quadric surfaces
• Central figure-8 cross-cuts make surfaces cylindrical

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