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We consider discrete minimal surface algebras (DMSA) as generalized noncommutative analogues of minimal surfaces in higher dimensional spheres. These algebras appear naturally in membrane theory, where sequences of their representations are…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2010-05-27 Joakim Arnlind , Jens Hoppe

We discuss a notion of discrete conformal equivalence for decorated piecewise euclidean surfaces (PE-surface), that is, PE-surfaces with a choice of circle about each vertex. It is closely related to inversive distance and hyperideal circle…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-06-13 Alexander I. Bobenko , Carl O. R. Lutz

Conjugate line parametrizations of surfaces were first discretized almost a century ago as quad meshes with planar faces. With the recent development of discrete differential geometry, two discretizations of principal curvature line…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-09-18 Niklas Christoph Affolter , Jan Techter

We consider a general theory of curvatures of discrete surfaces equipped with edgewise parallel Gauss images, and where mean and Gaussian curvatures of faces are derived from the faces' areas and mixed areas. Remarkably these notions are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-06 Alexander I. Bobenko , Helmut Pottmann , Johannes Wallner

We examine the extent to which a smooth minimal complex projective surface X is determined by its derived category of coherent sheaves D(X). To do this we find, for each such surface X, the set of surfaces Y for which there exists a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-20 Tom Bridgeland , Antony Maciocia

We consider several examples of nonautonomous systems of difference equations coming from semi-classical orthogonal polynomials via recurrence coefficients and ladder operators, with respect to various generalisations of Laguerre and…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2026-04-16 Anton Dzhamay , Galina Filipuk , Alexander Stokes

The combination of words ``discrete curvature'' is only an apparent contradiction. In this survey we describe curvature notions associated with polygons, polyhedral surfaces, and with abstract polyhedral manifolds. Several theorems about…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-14 Ivan Izmestiev

A discretisation scheme that preserves topological features of a physical problem is extended so that differential geometric structures can be approximated in a consistent way thus giving access to the study of physical systems which are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Vivien de Beauce , Siddhartha Sen

In this paper, we study a natural discretization of the smooth Gaussian curvature on surfaces, which is defined as the quotient of the angle defect and the area of a geodesic disk at a vertex of a polyhedral surface. It is proved that each…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-14 Xu Xu , Chao Zheng

This is a preliminary note on a family of minimal surfaces in the 3-sphere defined by a compatible fourth order equation. The minimal surfaces are geometrically characterized either by having a surface of revolution like induced metric, or…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-17 Joe S. Wang

We present a method of constructing discrete integrable systems with crystallographic reflection group (Weyl) symmetries, thus clarifying the relationship between different discrete integrable systems in terms of their symmetry groups.…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2016-05-05 Nalini Joshi , Nobutaka Nakazono , Yang Shi

In this paper we introduce a discrete integrable system generalizing the discrete (real) cross-ratio system in $S^4$ to complex values of a generalized cross-ratio by considering $S^4$ as a real section of the complex Pl\"ucker quadric,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-02-13 George Shapiro

We develop an approach that allows to construct semiorthogonal decompositions of derived categories of surfaces with cyclic quotient singularities whose components are equivalent to derived categories of local finite dimensional algebras.…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-09 Joseph Karmazyn , Alexander Kuznetsov , Evgeny Shinder

We give an elaborated treatment of discrete isothermic surfaces and their analogs in different geometries (projective, M\"obius, Laguerre, Lie). We find the core of the theory to be a novel projective characterization of discrete isothermic…

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

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 introduce a new discretization of the Gaussian curvature on surfaces, which is defined as the quotient of the angle defect and the area of some dual cell of a weighted triangulation at the conic singularity. A discrete…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Xu Xu , Chao Zheng

We present a geometric framework for discrete classical field theories, where fields are modeled as "morphisms" defined on a discrete grid in the base space, and take values in a Lie groupoid. We describe the basic geometric setup and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Joris Vankerschaver , Frans Cantrijn

We construct canonical semi-orthogonal decompositions for derived categories of smooth projective surfaces. These decompositions are compatible with the operations in the minimal model program, such as blow-ups and conic bundles. Therefore…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Alexey Elagin , Julia Schneider , Evgeny Shinder

The isometry class of the intersection form of a compact complex surface can be easily determined from complex-analytic invariants. For projective surfaces the primitive lattice is another naturally occurring lattice. The goal of this note…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-12-04 Chris Peters

The geodesic flow on a finite discrete q-manifold with or without boundary is defined as as a permutation of its ordered q-simplices. This allows to define geodesic sheets and a notion of sectional curvature.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Oliver Knill