The axial curvature for corank 1 singular surfaces

DOI10.2748/TMJ.20210322MaRDI QIDQ6329545arXivFDO

Authors Raúl Oset Sinha, Kentaro Saji

Publication date 20 November 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45) Critical points of functions and mappings on manifolds (58K05)

Abstract: For singular corank 1 surfaces in $mathbb{R}^3$ we introduce a distinguished normal vector called the axial vector. Using this vector and the curvature parabola we define a new type of curvature called the axial curvature, which generalizes the singular curvature for frontal type singularities. We then study contact properties of the surface with respect to the plane orthogonal to the axial vector and show how they are related to the axial curvature. Finally, for certain fold type singularities, we relate the axial curvature with the Gaussian curvature of an appropriate blow up.

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