A curvature theory for discrete surfaces based on mesh parallelity

DOI10.1007/S00208-009-0467-9zbMATH Open1219.51014arXiv0901.4620OpenAlexW2110725173MaRDI QIDQ985687FDOQ985687

Authors: Helmut Pottmann, J. Wallner, Alexander I. Bobenko 

Publication date: 6 August 2010

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a general theory of curvatures of discrete surfaces equipped with edgewise parallel Gauss images, and where mean and Gaussian curvatures of faces are derived from the faces' areas and mixed areas. Remarkably these notions are capable of unifying notable previously defined classes of surfaces, such as discrete isothermic minimal surfaces and surfaces of constant mean curvature. We discuss various types of natural Gauss images, the existence of principal curvatures, constant curvature surfaces, Christoffel duality, Koenigs nets, contact element nets, s-isothermic nets, and interesting special cases such as discrete Delaunay surfaces derived from elliptic billiards.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.4620

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zbMATH Keywords

quadrilateralminimal surfacediscrete differential geometrymixed areaDelaunay surfaceconstant mean curvature surfaceisothermic surfaceChristoffel dualityline congruenceoffset surfaceGauss imageelliptic billiardKoebe polyhedronKoenigs netlinear Weingarten surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mixed volumes and related topics in convex geometry (52A39) Polyhedral manifolds (52B70) Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17) Relations of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems with topology, geometry and differential geometry (37K25) Synthetic differential geometry (51K10)

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