Constant Gaussian curvature surfaces in the 3-sphere via loop groups

Abstract: In this paper we study constant positive Gauss curvature

K

surfaces in the 3-sphere

S^{3}

with

0 < K < 1

as well as constant negative curvature surfaces. We show that the so-called normal Gauss map for a surface in

S^{3}

with Gauss curvature

K < 1

is Lorentz harmonic with respect to the metric induced by the second fundamental form if and only if

K

is constant. We give a uniform loop group formulation for all such surfaces with

K e q 0

, and use the generalized d'Alembert method to construct examples. This representation gives a natural correspondence between such surfaces with

K < 0

and those with

0 < K < 1

.

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