Conformal hexagonal meshes (Q639973)

Discrete conformal and discrete minimal surfaces are studied whose faces are planar hexagons throughout. Discrete conformal meshes are built of conformal hexagons for which the author establishes a dual construction. This dual construction is applied to conformal hexagonal meshes covering the sphere, and there are obtained discrete hexagonal minimal surfaces via a discrete analogue to the Christoffel dual construction. The smooth and the discrete settings are compared by means of limit considerations and also by a discussion of Möbius invariants.