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This is a very brief report on recent developments on the Dirichlet problem for the minimal surface system and minimal cones in Euclidean spaces. We shall mainly focus on two directions: (1) Further systematic developments after…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-20 Yongsheng Zhang

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

It is known that the class of developable surfaces which have zero Gaussian curvature in three dimensional Euclidean space is preserved by the parallel transformations. A tangent developable surface is defined as a ruled developable surface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-18 Goo Ishikawa

We study compact polyhedral surfaces as Riemann surfaces and their discrete counterparts obtained through quadrilateral cellular decompositions and a linear discretization of the Cauchy-Riemann equation. By ensuring uniformly bounded…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Felix Günther

A piecewise constant curvature manifold is a triangulated manifold that is assigned a geometry by specifying lengths of edges and stipulating that for a chosen background geometry (Euclidean, hyperbolic, or spherical), each simplex has an…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-07-29 David Glickenstein , Joseph Thomas

The geometry of minimal surfaces generated by charge 2 Bogomolny monopoles on 3-dimensional Euclidean space is described in terms of the moduli parameter k. We find that the distribution of Gaussian curvature on the surface reflects the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Anthony Small

Transformations between different analytic descriptions of constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces are established. In particular, it is demonstrated that the system \[ \begin{split} &\partial \psi_{1} = (|\psi_{1}|^{2} + |\psi_{2}|^{2})…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Eugene V. Ferapontov , Alfred M. Grundland

We investigate complete non-orientable minimal surfaces of finite total curvature in $\mathbb{R}^3$ such that their ends are foliated by closed lines of curvature. This condition on the ends is necessary if they have a piece inside some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Carlos Andrés Toro Cardona

A survey of some recent and important results which have to do with integrable equations and their relationship with the theory of surfaces is given. Some new results are also presented. The concept of the moving frame is examined, and it…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-09-23 Paul Bracken

Minimal surfaces with uniform curvature (or area) bounds have been well understood and the regularity theory is complete, yet essentially nothing was known without such bounds. We discuss here the theory of embedded (i.e., without…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tobias H. Colding , William P. Minicozzi

The present paper develops a variational theory of discrete fields defined on abstract cellular complexes. The discrete formulation is derived solely from a variational principle associated to a discrete Lagrangian density on a discrete…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 A. C. Casimiro , C. Rodrigo

In this paper we provide a Weierstrass representation formula for translating solitons and singular minimal surfaces in ${\mathbb{R}^3}$. As application we study when the euclidean Gauss map has a harmonic argument and solve a general…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-01-05 Antonio Martínez , A. L. Martínez-Triviño

We study surfaces with a constant ratio of principal curvatures in Euclidean and simply isotropic geometries and characterize rotational, channel, ruled, helical, and translational surfaces of this kind under some technical restrictions…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Khusrav Yorov , Mikhail Skopenkov , Helmut Pottmann

In this paper, we study the stability and minimizing properties of higher codimensional surfaces in Euclidean space associated with the $f$-weighted area-functional $$\mathcal{E}_f(M)=\int_M f(x)\; d \mathcal{H}_k$$ with the density…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Hongbin Cui , Xiaowei Xu

Discretization of curves is an ancient topic. Even discretization of curves with an eye toward differential geometry is over a century old. However there is no general theory or methodology in the literature, despite the ubiquitous use of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-25 Daniel Carroll , Eleanor Hankins , Emek Köse , Ivan Sterling

The discrete Laplacian on Euclidean triangulated surfaces is a well-established notion. We introduce discrete Laplacians on spherical and hyperbolic triangulated surfaces. On the one hand, our definitions are close to the Euclidean one in…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Ivan Izmestiev , Wai Yeung Lam

We analyze a variational time discretization of geodesic calculus on finite- and certain classes of infinite-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. We investigate the fundamental properties of discrete geodesics, the associated discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-25 Martin Rumpf , Benedikt Wirth

We suggest a finite element method for computing minimal surfaces based on computing a discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator operating on the coordinates of the surface. The surface is a discrete representation of the zero level set of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-17 Mirza Cenanovic , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

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

Superconformal surfaces in Euclidean space are the ones for which the ellipse of curvature at any point is a nondegenerate circle. They can be characterized as the surfaces for which a well-known pointwise inequality relating the intrinsic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-03-10 Marcos Dajczer , Theodoros Vlachos