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Article #169Certain minimal surfaces in R^3
From: Michael S. Ody
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:23
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:23
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I am interested in certain surfaces in R^3 defined by the following metric g_ij and second fundamental form L_ij (i,j = 1,2) : g_ij = E(x,y) (dx^2 + dy^2) L_ij = c (dx^2 - dy^2). Apologies for the abuse of notation. The components are g_11 = g_22 = E(x,y) L_11 = -L_22 = c g_12 = g_21 = L_12 = L_21 = 0 where E(x,y) is a function of x and y, and c is a constant. This is a minimal surface because the mean curvature is zero: K_m = L_11 g_22 + g_11 L_22 = 0. I want to know whether surfaces of this form have been studied before, and, if so, references to the literature. -- Michael S. Ody, The Physics Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury, CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom.
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Newsgroups: sci.math.research Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!dan From: mso@ukc.ac.uk (Michael S. Ody) Subject: Certain minimal surfaces in R^3 Nntp-Posting-Host: eagle.ukc.ac.uk Message-ID: <2632@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> Originator: dan@symcom.math.uiuc.edu Sender: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu> X-Submissions-To: sci-math-research@uiuc.edu Organization: Physics Lab, The University, Canterbury, Kent, UK X-Administrivia-To: sci-math-research-request@uiuc.edu Approved: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:23:41 GMT Lines: 30