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A loop group method for minimal surfaces in the three-dimensional Heisenberg group

Differential Geometry 2015-01-26 v4

Abstract

We characterize constant mean curvature surfaces in the three-dimensional Heisenberg group by a family of flat connections on the trivial bundle \D×\GL\D \times \GL over a simply connected domain D\mathbb{D} in the complex plane. In particular for minimal surfaces, we give an immersion formula, the so-called Sym-formula, and a generalized Weierstrass type representation via the loop group method.

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@article{arxiv.1210.7300,
  title  = {A loop group method for minimal surfaces in the three-dimensional Heisenberg group},
  author = {Josef F. Dorfmeister and Jun-ichi Inoguchi and Shimpei Kobayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.7300},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

40 pages, v2: The argument for branch points has been fixed and the references have been updated. v3: The argument for canonical examples has been fixed and the classification for homogeneous surfaces has been added v4: Some typos are fixed and Remark 5.4 (3) is added

R2 v1 2026-06-21T22:28:35.829Z