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Constant Angle Surfaces in Product Spaces

Differential Geometry 2015-05-28 v2

Abstract

We classify all the surfaces in M2(c1)×M2(c2)M^2(c_1)\times M^2(c_2) for which the tangent space TpM2T_pM^2 makes constant angles with Tp(M2(c1)×{p2})T_p(M^2(c_1)\times \{p_2\}) (or equivalently with Tp({p1}×M2(c2))T_p(\{p_1\}\times M^2(c_2)) for every point p=(p1,p2)p=(p_1,p_2) of M2M^2. Here M2(c1)M^2(c_1) and M2(c2)M^2(c_2) are 2-dimensional space forms, not both flat. As a corollary we give a classification of all the totally geodesic surfaces in M2(c1)×M2(c2)M^2(c_1)\times M^2(c_2).

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@article{arxiv.1105.0813,
  title  = {Constant Angle Surfaces in Product Spaces},
  author = {Franki Dillen and Daniel Kowalczyk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.0813},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

25 pages, revised version: added references, typos corrected

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