The duality between singular points and inflection points on wave fronts

zbMATH Open1209.57020arXiv0902.0649MaRDI QIDQ987175FDOQ987175

Authors: Kentaro Saji, Masaaki Umehara, Kotaro Yamada 

Publication date: 13 August 2010

Published in: Osaka Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the previous paper (arXiv:0804.0701), the authors gave criteria for A_{k+1}-type singularities on wave fronts. Using them, we show in this paper that there is a duality between singular points and inflection points on wave fronts in the projective space. As an application, we show that the algebraic sum of 2-inflection points (i.e. godron points) on an immersed surface in the real projective space is equal to the Euler number of M_-. Here M^2 is a compact orientable 2-manifold, and M_-$is the open subset of M^2 where the Hessian of f takes negative values. This is a generalization of Bleecker and Wilson's formula for immersed surfaces in the affine 3-space.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0649

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zbMATH Keywords

inflection pointssingular pointswave fronts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian submanifolds; Maslov index (53D12) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45) Differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R35)

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