Formal conserved quantities for isothermic surfaces

DOI10.1007/S10711-013-9915-5MaRDI QIDQ464245zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Francis E. Burstall, S. D. Santos

Publication date 17 October 2014

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.0447, http://opus.bath.ac.uk/38837/1/final.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

formal conserved quantitypolynomial conserved quantityspecial isothermic surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05)

Abstract: Isothermic surfaces in $S^n$ are characterised by the existence of a pencil $abl{a}^t$ of flat connections. Such a surface is special of type $d$ if there is a family $p(t)$ of $abl{a}^t$-parallel sections whose dependence on the spectral parameter $t$ is polynomial of degree $d$. We prove that any isothermic surface admits a family of $abl{a}^t$-parallel sections which is a formal Laurent series in $t$. As an application, we give conformally invariant conditions for an isothermic surface in $S^3$ to be special.

Review text

An isothermic surface admits a pencil \(\nabla^t = \text{d} + t\eta\), \(t \in \mathbb{R}\) of flat connections. Recently, \textit{F. E. Burstall} and \textit{S. D. Santos} [J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 85, No. 2, 571--591 (2012; Zbl 1239.53008)] considered \textit{special isothermic surfaces of type \(d\),} characterized by having a family \(p(t)\) of \(\nabla^t\)-parallel sections that are polynomial of degree \(d\) in \(t\). This family is called a \textit{polynomial conserved quantity.} Not every isothermic surface admits a polynomial conserved quantity but, as is shown in this article, every isothermic surfce in \(S^n\) locally admits a \textit{formal conserved quantity}, that is, a family of flat connections of the shape \(p(t) = \sum_{i \leq 0} p_it^i\). In case of \(n = 3\), global existence can be guaranteed. The authors characterize special isothermic surfaces by conditions on formal conserved quantities and use their theory to characterize the special isothermic surfaces among the surfaces of revolution, cones and cylinders in \(S^3\).

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