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A new field of discrete differential geometry is presently emerging on the border between differential and discrete geometry. Whereas classical differential geometry investigates smooth geometric shapes (such as surfaces), and discrete…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-19 Alexander I. Bobenko , Yuri B. Suris

In this survey we report a general and systematic approach to study $[\varphi,\vec{e}_{3}]$-minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ from a geometric viewpoint and show some fundamental results obtained in the recent development of this theory.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-05-20 Antonio Martínez , A. L. Martínez-Triviño

By employing the method of moving planes in a novel way we extend some classical symmetry and rigidity results for smooth minimal surfaces to surfaces that have singularities of the sort typically observed in soap films.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-02 Jacob Bernstein , Francesco Maggi

The divergence minimization problem plays an important role in various fields. In this note, we focus on differentiable and strictly convex divergences. For some minimization problems, we show the minimizer conditions and the uniqueness of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Tomohiro Nishiyama

The classical low-dimensional models of thin structures are based on certain a priori assumptions on the three-dimensional deformation and/or stress fields, diverse in nature but all motivated by the smallness of certain dimensions with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-05-15 Roberto Paroni , Paolo Podio-Guidugli

We present an overview of the differential geometry of curves and surfaces using examples from soft matter as illustrations. The presentation requires a background only in vector calculus and is otherwise self-contained.

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Randall D. Kamien

The conformal structure on minimal surfaces plays a key role in studying the properties of minimal surfaces. Here we extend the results of uniformization of surfaces with boundary to get the (weak) uniformization results for triple junction…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-26 Gaoming Wang

After quick survey of some key results and open questions about the structure of singularities of minimal surfaces, we discuss recent work~\cite{Sim23} on singularities of stable minimal hypersurfaces, including some simplifications of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Leon Simon

Polyhedral surfaces are fundamental objects in architectural geometry and industrial design. Whereas closeness of a given mesh to a smooth reference surface and its suitability for numerical simulations were already studied extensively, the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-03-17 Felix Günther , Caigui Jiang , Helmut Pottmann

We construct algorithms and topological invariants that allow us to distinguish the topological type of a surface, as well as functions and vector fields for their topological equivalence. In the first part (arXiv:2501.15657), we discused…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-02-17 Alexandr Prishlyak

Invariant minimal surfaces in the real special linear group of degree 2 with canonical Riemannian and Lorentzian metrics are studied. Constant mean curvature surfaces with vertically harmonic Gau{\ss} map are classified.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-10-19 Jun-ichi Inoguchi

This is a modest attempt to study, in a systematic manner, the structure of low dimensional varieties in positive characteristics using $p$-adic invariants. The main objects of interest in this paper are surfaces and threefolds. It is known…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-12-07 Kirti Joshi

The description of invariants of surfaces with respect to the motion groups is reduced to the description of invariants of parameterized surfaces with respect to the motion groups. Existence of a commuting system of invariant partial…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-15 Ural Bekbaev

We prove a general fusion theorem for complete orientable minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with finite total curvature. As a consequence, complete orientable minimal surfaces of weak finite total curvature with exotic geometry are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-04-16 Francisco J. Lopez

We define two transforms between minimal surfaces with non-circular ellipse of curvature in the 5-sphere, and show how this enables us to construct, from one such surface, a sequence of such surfaces. We also use the transforms to show how…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. Bolton , L. Vrancken

In this informal expository note, we quickly introduce and survey compactifications of strata of holomorphic 1-forms on Riemann surfaces, i.e. spaces of translation surfaces. In the last decade, several of these have been constructed,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Benjamin Dozier

Solving the Plateau problem means to find the surface with minimal area among all surfaces with a given boundary. Part of the problem actually consists of giving a suitable definition to the notions of 'surface', 'area' and 'boundary'. The…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-07-26 Edoardo Cavallotto

In this paper, we employ the loop group method to study the construction of minimal Lagrangian surfaces in the complex projective plane for which the surface is contractible. We present several new classes of minimal Lagrangian surfaces in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-03 Josef F. Dorfmeister , Hui Ma

In a 2004 paper, Lindblad demonstrated that the minimal surface equation on $\mathbb{R}l^{1,1}$ describing graphical time-like minimal surfaces embedded in $\mathbb{R}^{1,2}$ enjoy small data global existence for compactly supported initial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-01 Willie Wai Yeung Wong

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