A metric property of umbilic points

DOI10.1590/S0001-37652003000400001MaRDI QIDQ4454505zbMATHFDO

Authors Jorge Sotomayor, Ronaldo A. Garcia

Publication date 8 March 2004

Published in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0305185

zbMATH Keywords

umbilic pointprincipal curvature lines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability theory for smooth dynamical systems (37C75) Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25) Normal forms on manifolds (58K50)

Abstract: In the space $mathbb{U}^4$ of cubic forms of surfaces, regarded as a $G$-space and endowed with a natural invariant metric, the ratio of the volumes of those representing umbilic points with negative to those with positive indexes is evaluated in terms of the asymmetry of the metric, defined here. A connection of this ratio with that reported by Berry and Hannay (1977) in the domain of Statistical Physics, is discussed.

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