Surface theory in discrete projective differential geometry. I: A canonical frame and an integrable discrete Demoulin system

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2017.0770zbMATH Open1402.53008arXiv1801.08339OpenAlexW3101123121WikidataQ115269194 ScholiaQ115269194MaRDI QIDQ4557724FDOQ4557724

Authors: A. Szereszewski, W. K. Schief 

Publication date: 26 November 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present the first steps of a procedure which discretises surface theory in classical projective differential geometry in such a manner that underlying integrable structure is preserved. We propose a canonical frame in terms of which the associated projective Gauss-Weingarten and Gauss-Mainardi-Codazzi equations adopt compact forms. Based on a scaling symmetry which injects a parameter into the linear Gauss-Weingarten equations, we set down an algebraic classification scheme of discrete projective minimal surfaces which turns out to admit a geometric counterpart formulated in terms of discrete notions of Lie quadrics and their envelopes. In the case of discrete Demoulin surfaces, we derive a Backlund transformation for the underlying discrete Demoulin system and show how the latter may be formulated as a two-component generalisation of the integrable discrete Tzitzeica equation which has originally been derived in a different context. At the geometric level, this connection leads to the retrieval of the standard discretisation of affine spheres in affine differential geometry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.08339

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zbMATH Keywords

integrable systemdiscrete differential geometryprojective differential geometryBäcklund transformation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Projective differential geometry (53A20)

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