On singularities of the Gauss map components of surfaces in {\mathbb R}^4

DOI10.1007/S12220-024-01616-7MaRDI QIDQ6405502zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wojciech Domitrz, L. I. Hernández-Martínez, Federico Sánchez-Bringas

Publication date 19 July 2022

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s12220-024-01616-7

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Critical points of functions and mappings on manifolds (58K05) Global theory of singularities (58K30) Stability theory for manifolds (58K25)

Abstract: The Gauss map of a generic immersion of a smooth, oriented surface into $mathbb{R}^4$ is an immersion. But this map takes values on the Grassmanian of oriented 2-planes in $mathbb{R}^4$. Since this manifold has a structure of a product of two spheres, the Gauss map has two components that take values on the sphere. We study the singularities of the components of the Gauss map and relate them to the geometric properties of the generic immersion. Moreover, we prove that the singularities are generically stable, and we connect them to the contact type of the surface and $mathcalJ$-holomorphic curves with respect to an orthogonal complex structure $mathcalJ$ on $mathbb{R}^4$. Finally, we get some formulas of Gauss-Bonnet type involving the geometry of the singularities of the components with the geometry and topology of the surface.

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