On Hamilton's Characteristic Functions for Reflection
Differential Geometry
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We review the complex differential geometry of the space of oriented affine lines in and give a description of Hamilton's characteristic functions for reflection in an oriented C surface in terms of this geometry.
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@article{arxiv.math/0602017,
title = {On Hamilton's Characteristic Functions for Reflection},
author = {Brendan Guilfoyle and Wilhelm Klingenberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602017},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages AMS-LATEX, 3 figures