Differential characterization of quadratic surfaces

DOI10.1007/S13366-024-00735-0arXiv2304.08073MaRDI QIDQ6509677FDOQ6509677

Authors: Bartłomiej Zawalski 

Abstract: Let $fin{W}_{mathrmloc}^{3,1}(Omega)$ be a function defined on a connected open subset $Omegasubseteqmathbb{R}^2$. We will show that its graph is contained in a quadratic surface if and only if $f$ is a weak solution to a certain system of th{3} order partial differential equations unless the Hessian determinant of $f$ is non-positive on the whole $Omega$. Moreover, we will prove that the system is in some sense the simplest possible in a wide class of differential equations, which will lead to the classification of all polynomial partial differential equations satisfied by parametrizations of generic quadratic surfaces. Although we will mainly use the tools of linear and commutative algebra, the theorem itself is also somehow related to holomorphic functions.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Commutative rings of differential operators and their modules (13N10) Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Differential algebra (12H05) Abstract differential equations (12H20)

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