The normal map as a vector field

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Authors Thomas J. Waters, Matthew Cherrie

Publication date 26 July 2022

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.04279, http://www.mathem.pub.ro/bjga/v27n2/B27-2wa-ZBP63.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

degreeevoluteindexnormal mapvector field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04) Degree, winding number (55M25)

Abstract: In this paper we consider the normal map of a closed plane curve as a vector field on the cylinder. We interpret the critical points geometrically and study their Poincar'{e} index, including the points at infinity. After projecting the vector field to the sphere we prove some counting theorems regarding the winding and rotation index of the curve and its evolute. We finish with a description of the extension to focal sets of surfaces.

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