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Classification of rotational surfaces in Euclidean space satisfying a linear relation between their principal curvatures

Differential Geometry 2018-08-24 v1

Abstract

We classify all rotational surfaces in Euclidean space whose principal curvatures κ1\kappa_1 and κ2\kappa_2 satisfy the linear relation κ1=aκ2+b\kappa_1=a\kappa_2+b, where aa and bb are two constants. We give a variational characterization of these surfaces in terms of its generating curve. As a consequence of our classification, we find closed (embedded and not embedded) surfaces and periodic (embedded and not embedded) surfaces with a geometric behaviour similar to Delaunay surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.1808.07566,
  title  = {Classification of rotational surfaces in Euclidean space satisfying a linear relation between their principal curvatures},
  author = {Rafael López and Álvaro Pámpano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.07566},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

27 pages, 9 figures. This paper is submitted for publication since June 4, 2018