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Weierstrass representation is a classical parameterization of minimal surfaces. However, two functions should be specified to construct the parametric form in Weierestrass representation. In this paper, we propose an explicit parametric…

Graphics · Computer Science 2010-08-04 Gang Xu , Guozhao Wang

It is known that minimal surfaces in Euclidean space can be represented in terms of holomorphic functions. For example, we have the well-known Weierstrass representation, where part of the holomorphic data is chosen to be the stereographic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Luiz C. B. da Silva

The minimal Lorentzian surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4_2$ whose first normal space is two-dimensional and whose Gauss curvature $K$ and normal curvature $\varkappa$ satisfy $K^2-\varkappa^2 >0$ are called minimal Lorentzian surfaces of general…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-02 Ognian Kassabov , Velichka Milousheva

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

Minimal surfaces play a fundamental role in differential geometry, with applications spanning physics, material science, and geometric design. In this paper, we explore a novel quaternionic representation of minimal surfaces, drawing an…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Amedeo Altavilla , Hans-Peter Schröcker , Zbyněk Šír , Jan Vršek

A space-like surface in Minkowski space-time is minimal if its mean curvature vector field is zero. Any minimal space-like surface of general type admits special isothermal parameters - canonical parameters. For any minimal surface of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-11-22 Georgi Ganchev , Krasimir Kanchev

Given two univalent harmonic mappings $f_1$ and $f_2$ on $\mathbb{D}$, which lift to minimal surfaces via the Weierstrass-Enneper representation theorem, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for $f_3=(1-s)f_1+sf_2$ to lift to a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michael Dorff , Stephen Taylor

We consider a higher-order Henneberg-type minimal surfaces family using the generalized Weierstrass--Enneper representation in four-dimensional space $\mathbb{R}^4$. We derive explicit parametric equations for the surface and determine its…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Erhan Güler , Magdalena Toda

Minimal surfaces of general type in Euclidean 4-space are characterized with the conditions that the ellipse of curvature at any point is centered at this point and has two different principal axes. Any minimal surface of general type…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Georgi Ganchev , Krasimir Kanchev

Variational principles are developed within the framework of a spinor representation of the surface geometry to examine the equilibrium properties of a membrane or interface. This is a far-reaching generalization of the Weierstrass-Enneper…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-02-17 Jemal Guven , Pablo Vázquez-Montejo

The Weierstrass representation for minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$ provides a flexible method for constructing minimal surfaces of arbitrary genus. The topological limitations of minimal surfaces interfere with this providing a more…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-04-29 Peter Connor

We calculate the minimal surface bounded by four-sided figures whose projection on a plane is a rectangle, starting with the bilinear interpolation and using, for smoothness, the Chebyshev polynomial expansion in our discretized numerical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sadataka Furui , Bilal Masud

We found a class of triangulated surfaces in Euclidean space which have similar properties as isothermic surfaces in Differential Geometry. We call a surface isothermic if it admits an infinitesimal isometric deformation preserving the mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Wai Yeung Lam , Ulrich Pinkall

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

Using the fact that any minimal strongly regular surface carries locally canonical principal parameters, we obtain a canonical representation of these surfaces, which makes more precise the Weierstrass representation in canonical principal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-02-19 Georgi Ganchev

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

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

Various transformations of isothermic surfaces are discussed and their interrelations are analyzed. Applications to cmc-1 surfaces in hyperbolic space and their minimal cousins in Euclidean space are presented: the Umehara-Yamada…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Udo Hertrich-Jeromin , Emilio Musso , Lorenzo Nicolodi

It is known that any maximal space-like surface without isotropic points in the four-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space with neutral metric admits locally geometric parameters which are special case of isothermal parameters. With respect to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-25 Georgi Ganchev , Krasimir Kanchev

In this paper we give a geometrically invariant spinorial representation of surfaces in four-dimensional space forms. In the Euclidean space, we obtain a representation formula which generalizes the Weierstrass representation formula of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-02-22 Pierre Bayard , Marie-Amelie Lawn , Julien Roth
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