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Minimal surfaces in ${\mathbb{R}}^{4}$ foliated by conic sections and parabolic rotations of holomorphic null curves in ${\mathbb{C}}^{4}$

Differential Geometry 2017-02-21 v1

Abstract

Using the complex parabolic rotations of holomorphic null curves in C4{\mathbb{C}}^{4}, we transform minimal surfaces in Euclidean space R3R4{\mathbb{R}}^{3} \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{4} to a family of degenerate minimal surfaces in Euclidean space R4{\mathbb{R}}^{4}. Applying our deformation to holomorphic null curves in C3C4{\mathbb{C}}^{3} \subset {\mathbb{C}}^{4} induced by helicoids in R3{\mathbb{R}}^{3}, we discover new minimal surfaces in R4{\mathbb{R}}^{4} foliated by conic sections with eccentricity grater than 11: hyperbolas or straight lines. Applying our deformation to holomorphic null curves in C3{\mathbb{C}}^{3} induced by catenoids in R3{\mathbb{R}}^{3}, we can rediscover the Hoffman-Osserman catenoids in R4{\mathbb{R}}^{4} foliated by conic sections with eccentricity smaller than 11: ellipses or circles. We prove the existence of minimal surfaces in R4{\mathbb{R}}^{4} foliated by ellipses, which converge to circles at infinity. We construct minimal surfaces in R4{\mathbb{R}}^{4} foliated by parabolas: conic sections which have eccentricity 11.

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@article{arxiv.1702.06047,
  title  = {Minimal surfaces in ${\mathbb{R}}^{4}$ foliated by conic sections and parabolic rotations of holomorphic null curves in ${\mathbb{C}}^{4}$},
  author = {Hojoo Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.06047},
  year   = {2017}
}

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