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A representation of generalized Weierstrass formulae for an immersion of generic surfaces into a 4-dimensional complex space in terms of spinors treated as minimal left ideals of Clifford algebras is proposed. The relation between…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vadim V. Varlamov

We prove that any minimal (maximal) strongly regular surface in the three-dimensional Minkowski space locally admits canonical principal parameters. Using this result, we find a canonical representation of minimal strongly regular time-like…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-02-20 Georgi Ganchev

Inspired by the Weierstrass representation of smooth affine minimal surfaces with indefinite metric, we propose a constructive process producing a large class of discrete surfaces that we call discrete affine minimal surfaces. We show that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-04-29 Marcos Craizer , Henri Anciaux , Thomas Lewiner

The paper presents a generalized Weierstrass representation for pseudospherical surfaces in terms of 3x3 matrices, using moving frames and loop group decompositions. The construction of all such surfaces, starting from a given…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Magdalena Toda

The main objective of this paper is to derive the Enneper-Weierstrass representation of minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{E}^3$ using the soliton surface approach. We exploit the Bryant-type representation of conformally parametrized surfaces in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-11-10 A Doliwa , A M Grundland

An extension of the classic Enneper-Weierstrass representation for conformally parametrised surfaces in multi-dimensional spaces is presented. This is based on low dimensional CP^1 and CP^2 sigma models which allow the study of the constant…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-06-26 A. M. Grundland , W. J. Zakrzewski

We survey structure-preserving discretizations of minimal surfaces in Euclidean space. Our focus is on a discretization defined via parallel face offsets of polyhedral surfaces, which naturally leads to a notion of vanishing mean curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Wai Yeung Lam , Masashi Yasumoto

Minimal surfaces with planar curvature lines are classical geometric objects, having been studied since the late 19th century. In this paper, we revisit the subject from a different point of view. After calculating their metric functions…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-16 Joseph Cho , Yuta Ogata

We define noncommutative minimal surfaces in the Weyl algebra, and give a method to construct them by generalizing the well-known Weierstrass-representation.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2013-01-07 Joakim Arnlind , Jaigyoung Choe , Jens Hoppe

In this paper, we will give an Enneper-type representation for spacelike and timelike minimal surfaces in the Lorentz-Minkowski space $L^{3}$, using the complex and the paracomplex analysis (respectively). Then, we exhibit various examples…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Irene I. Onnis , Adriana A. Cintra

We suggest a new definition for discrete minimal surfaces in terms of sphere packings with orthogonally intersecting circles. These discrete minimal surfaces can be constructed from Schramm's circle patterns. We present a variational…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alexander I. Bobenko , Tim Hoffmann , Boris A. Springborn

Using the Schwarzian derivative we construct a sequence $\left(P_{\ell}\right)_{\ell \geqslant 2}$ of meromorphic differentials on every non-flat oriented minimal surface in Euclidean $3$-space. The differentials…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-23 Thomas Mettler , Lukas Poerschke

In this paper we obtain the general solution to the minimal surface equation, namely its local Weierstrass-Enneper representation, by using a system of hodographic coordinates. This is done by using the method of solving the Born-Infeld…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Rukmini Dey

Extensions of the generalized Weierstrass representation to generic surfaces in 4D Euclidean and pseudo-Euclidean spaces are given. Geometric characteristics of surfaces are calculated. It is shown that integrable deformations of such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 B. G. Konopelchenko , G. Landolfi

In this paper we construct an example of a complete immersed minimal surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$ of genus one with two embedded catenoid-type ends, one Enneper-type end and total Gauss curvature $-16\pi.$ The proof of the existence of this…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-01 JosÉ Antonio M. Vilhena

We introduce the Loop Weierstrass Representation for minimal surfaces in Euclidean space and constant mean curvature 1 surfaces in hyperbolic space by applying integral system methods to the Weierstrass and Bryant representations. We unify…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-11-08 Thomas Raujouan , Nick Schmitt , Jonas Ziefle

We construct a one-parameter family of embedded doubly periodic minimal surfaces of genus three with four parallel ends. The Weierstrass data for each surface of the family are given and the two dimensional period problem is solved.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Peter Connor , Shoichi Fujimori , Phillip Marmorino , Toshihiro Shoda

The purpose of this short note is to relate a representation formula due to the Author and P. Romon for Lagrangian surfaces (see math.DG/0009202) to a more general Weierstrass representation type formula found by Konopelchenko for surfaces…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Frederic Helein

The parametric degree of a rational surface is the degree of the polynomials in the smallest possible proper parametrization. An example shows that the parametric degree is not a geometric but an arithmetic concept, in the sense that it…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Josef Schicho

A minimal Lorentz surface in $\mathbb R^4_2$ is said to be of general type if its corresponding null curves are non-degenerate. These surfaces admit canonical isothermal and canonical isotropic coordinates. It is known that the Gauss…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-03 Krasimir Kanchev , Ognian Kassabov , Velichka Milousheva