Semiumbilic points for minimal surfaces in Euclidean 4-space

We show that locally conformally flat gradient Ricci solitons, possibly incomplete, are locally isometric to a warped product of an interval and a space form. Consequently, we get that complete gradient shrinking and steady Ricci solitons with vanishing Weyl tensor are rotationally symmetric, from which their classification follows.     

Orthogonal surfaces with constant mean curvature in the Euclidean 4-space

We classify orthogonal surfaces ofE ⁴ whose mean curvature is constant by proving that they are either of 1-type or of 2-type.Partially supported by a ME/Fulbright grant and by a DGICYT grant PB91-0705-C02-01     

Mean curvatures and Gauss maps of a pair of isometric helicoidal and rotation surfaces in Minkowski 3-space

It is proved that, in Minkowski 3-space, a CSM-helicoidal surface, i.e., a helicoidal surface under cubic screw motion is isometric to a rotation surface so that helices on the helicoidal surface correspond to parallel circles on the rotation surface. By distinguishing a CSM-helicoidal surface as three cases, that is, the case of type I, the case of type II with negative and positive pitch, the relations are discussed between the mean curvatures or Gauss maps of a pair of isometric helicoidal and rotation surface. A CSM-helicoidal surface of Case 1 or 2 and its isometric rotation surface with null axis have same mean curvatures (resp. Gauss maps) if and only if they are minimal. But each pair of isometric CSM-helicoidal surface of Case 3 and rotation surface with spacelike axis have different Gauss maps.     

Polynomial translation surfaces of Weingarten types in Euclidean 3-space

In this paper, we classify polynomial translation surfaces in Euclidean 3-space satisfying the Jacobi condition with respect to the Gaussian curvature, the mean curvature and the second Gaussian curvature.     

Thomsen surfaces in affine 4-space

Surfaces which are both affine and Euclidean minimal are called Thomsen surfaces. In ³, these surfaces have been completely classified byBarthel, Volkmer andHaubitz. A similar problem, in the Lorentzian 3-space was solved byMagid. In the present paper, we study Thomsen surfaces in ⁴ and show that these surfaces are affine equivalent to the complex paraboloid.The author is a Senior Research Assistant of the National Fund, for Scientific Research (Belgium). This work was done while the author visited Brown University (Providence, USA) in April 93. He would like to thank Professors T. Cecil, M. Magid, and K. Nomizu for their hospitality.     

Surfaces in Euclidean 3-space whose normal bundles are tangentially biharmonic

A submanifold is said to be tangentially biharmonic if the bitension field of the isometric immersion that defines the submanifold has vanishing tangential component. The purpose of this paper is to prove that a surface in Euclidean 3-space has tangentially biharmonic normal bundle if and only if it is either minimal, a part of a round sphere, or a part of a circular cylinder.     

Inflection points and topology of surfaces in 4-space

We consider asymptotic line fields on generic surfaces in 4-space and show that they are globally defined on locally convex surfaces, and their singularities are the inflection points of the surface. As a consequence of the generalized Poincaré-Hopf formula, we obtain some relations between the number of inflection points in a generic surface and its Euler number. In particular, it follows that any 2-sphere, generically embedded as a locally convex surface in 4-space, has at least 4 inflection points.

     

The Lorentzian surfaces in semi-Euclidean 4-space with index 2

The main goal of this paper is to study singularities of lightlike torus Gauss maps of Lorentzian surfaces (i.e., both tangent plane and normal plane are Lorentz) in semi-Euclidean 4-space with index 2. To do this, we construct a Lorentzian lightlike torus height function and reveal relations between singularities of the Lorentzian lightlike torus height function and those of lightlike torus Gauss map. In addition we study some properties of Lorentzian surface from geometrical viewpoint.     

Timelike surfaces with zero mean curvature in Minkowski 4-space

On any timelike surface with zero mean curvature in the four-dimensional Minkowski space we introduce special geometric (canonical) parameters and prove that the Gauss curvature and the normal curvature of the surface satisfy a system of two natural partial differential equations. Conversely, any two solutions to this system determine a unique (up to a motion) timelike surface with zero mean curvature so that the given parameters are canonical. We find all timelike surfaces with zero mean curvature in the class of rotational surfaces of Moore type. These examples give rise to a one-parameter family of solutions to the system of natural partial differential equations describing timelike surfaces with zero mean curvature.     

The horospherical geometry of surfaces in hyperbolic 4-space

We study some geometrical properties associated to the contacts of surfaces with hyperhorospheres inH ₊ ⁴ (−1). We introduce the concepts of osculating hyperhorospheres, horobinormals, horoasymptotic directions and horospherical points and provide conditions ensuring their existence. We show that totally semiumbilical surfaces have orthogonal horoasymptotic directions. Work partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, No. 12874007. Work partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, No. 12000266. Work partially supported by DGCYT grant no. BFM2003-02037.     

Screw invariant marginally trapped surfaces in Minkowski 4-space

A spacelike surface in a Lorentzian manifold whose mean curvature vector is lightlike everywhere is called marginally trapped. The classification of marginally trapped surfaces in Minkowski 4-space which are invariant under a subgroup of the Lorentz group that leaves invariant a lightlike direction, i.e. the so-called screw invariant surfaces, is obtained. As corollaries, the screw invariant marginally trapped surfaces with harmonic mean curvature vector and with prescribed Gaussian curvature are explicitly described.     

Classification of manifolds with weakly 1/4-pinched curvatures

We show that a compact Riemannian manifold with weakly pointwise 1/4-pinched sectional curvatures is either locally symmetric or diffeomorphic to a space form. More generally, we classify all compact, locally irreducible Riemannian manifolds M with the property that M × R ² has non-negative isotropic curvature. The first author was partially supported by a Sloan Foundation Fellowship and by NSF grant DMS-0605223. The second author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0604960.     

Singularities of de Sitter Gauss map of timelike hypersurface in Minkowski 4-space

We study the singularities of de Sitter Gauss map of timelike hypersurface in Minkowski 4-space through their contact with hyperplanes.     

Classification of surfaces with planar normal sections

A surface in E^m is said to have planar normal sections if normal sections of M are planar curves. In this paper we completely classify surfaces in E^m with planar normal sections. Consequently, a new characterization of the Veronese surface is obtained.     

欧氏空间中具有共形Gauss映照的曲面

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