Minimal surfaces from circle patterns: geometry from combinatorics

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2006.164.231zbMATH Open1122.53003arXivmath/0305184OpenAlexW1978397569MaRDI QIDQ855258FDOQ855258

Tim Hoffmann, Boris A. Springborn, Alexander I. Bobenko

Publication date: 4 January 2007

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We suggest a new definition for discrete minimal surfaces in terms of sphere packings with orthogonally intersecting circles. These discrete minimal surfaces can be constructed from Schramm's circle patterns. We present a variational principle which allows us to construct discrete analogues of some classical minimal surfaces. The data used for the construction are purely combinatorial--the combinatorics of the curvature line pattern. A Weierstrass-type representation and an associated family are derived. We show the convergence to continuous minimal surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0305184

zbMATH Keywords

Christoffel transformationminimal surfacecircle patternsisothermic surfaceKoebe polyhedronminimal S-isothermic surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Discrete geometry (52C99)

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