Rotational linear Weingarten surfaces of hyperbolic type (Q1001409)

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Rotational linear Weingarten surfaces of hyperbolic type
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    Rotational linear Weingarten surfaces of hyperbolic type (English)
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    17 February 2009
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    A linear Weingarten surface in a Euclidean space \(\mathbb{R}^3\) is a surface whose mean curvature \(H\) and Gaussian curvature \(K\) satisfy a relation of the form \(aH+bK=c,\) where \(a, b, c\in \mathbb R.\) Such a surface is said to be hyperbolic when \(a^2+4bc<0.\) In this paper, the author classifies rotational hyperboloic linear Weingarten surfaces under suitable hypotheses on the profile curves and summarizes the classification as follows: Let \(a\) and \(b\) be real numbers under the condition \(a^2+4bc<0.\) Consider the family of rotational linear Weingarten surface satisfying \(aH+bK=1,\) whose profile curve a point whose tangent line is parallel to the axis of revolution. Then this family of surface can be parametrized by one parameter \(z_0\), namely, \(S(a,b;z_0),\) with \(a, z_0>0\) and \(z_0\neq -2b/a\) such that: {\parindent8mm\begin{itemize}\item[(i)] If \(a<z_0<a/2,\) the surface is not complete and with positive Gaussian curvature. \item[(ii)] If \(z_0=a/2,\) the surface is a right cylinder. \item[(iii)] If \(a/2<z_0<-2b/a,\) the surface is not complete and with negative Gaussian curvature. \item[(iv)] If \(z_0>-2b/a,\) the surface is complete and periodic. \end{itemize}} In the case \(z_0= -2b/a\) do not exist linear Weingarten surfaces. Then, as a consequence of this classification, in this paper is obtained a family of complete hyperbolic linear Weingarten surfaces in \(\mathbb R^3,\) that consists of surfaces with self-intersections whose generating curves are periodic. This contrasts with Hilbert's theorem that there do not exist complete surfaces with constant negative Gaussian curvature inmersed in \(\mathbb R^3.\)
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    Weingarten surfaces
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    mean curvature, Gausain curvature
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    hyperbolic surface
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