scholarly journals SINGULARITIES OF HYPERBOLIC GAUSS MAPS

2003 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 485-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHYUICHI IZUMIYA ◽  
DONGHE PEI ◽  
TAKASI SANO
Keyword(s):  
Differential Geometry ◽  
Hyperbolic Space ◽  
Mean Curvature ◽  
Constant Mean Curvature ◽  
Gauss Map ◽  
Singular Set ◽  
Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces ◽  
Zero Sets ◽  
Intrinsic Form ◽  
Hyperbolic Gauss Map

In this paper we adopt the hyperboloid in Minkowski space as the model of hyperbolic space. We define the hyperbolic Gauss map and the hyperbolic Gauss indicatrix of a hypersurface in hyperbolic space. The hyperbolic Gauss map has been introduced by Ch. Epstein [J. Reine Angew. Math. 372 (1986) 96–135] in the Poincaré ball model, which is very useful for the study of constant mean curvature surfaces. However, it is very hard to perform the calculation because it has an intrinsic form. Here, we give an extrinsic definition and we study the singularities. In the study of the singularities of the hyperbolic Gauss map (indicatrix), we find that the hyperbolic Gauss indicatrix is much easier to calculate. We introduce the notion of hyperbolic Gauss–Kronecker curvature whose zero sets correspond to the singular set of the hyperbolic Gauss map (indicatrix). We also develop a local differential geometry of hypersurfaces concerning their contact with hyperhorospheres.2000 Mathematical Subject Classification: 53A25, 53A05, 58C27.

Hyperbolic submanifolds with finite type hyperbolic Gauss map

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (02) ◽  
pp. 1550014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uğur Dursun ◽  
Rüya Yeğin
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Finite Type ◽  
Hyperbolic Space ◽  
Mean Curvature ◽  
Constant Mean Curvature ◽  
Constant Scalar Curvature ◽  
Gauss Map ◽  
Hyperbolic Spaces ◽  
Nonzero Constant ◽  
Hyperbolic Gauss Map

We study submanifolds of hyperbolic spaces with finite type hyperbolic Gauss map. First, we classify the hyperbolic submanifolds with 1-type hyperbolic Gauss map. Then we prove that a non-totally umbilical hypersurface Mn with nonzero constant mean curvature in a hyperbolic space [Formula: see text] has 2-type hyperbolic Gauss map if and only if M has constant scalar curvature. We also classify surfaces with constant mean curvature in the hyperbolic space [Formula: see text] having 2-type hyperbolic Gauss map. Moreover we show that a horohypersphere in [Formula: see text] has biharmonic hyperbolic Gauss map.

Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces in Hyperbolic Space

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J. Korevaar ◽  
Rob Kusner ◽  
William H. Meeks ◽  
Bruce Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Hyperbolic Space ◽  
Mean Curvature ◽  
Constant Mean Curvature ◽  
Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces

scholarly journals Singularities of spacelike constant mean curvature surfaces in Lorentz–Minkowski space

2011 ◽  
Vol 150 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID BRANDER
Keyword(s):  
Vector Field ◽  
Mean Curvature ◽  
Constant Mean Curvature ◽  
Singular Set ◽  
Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces ◽  
Cmc Surfaces ◽  
Real Analytic ◽  
Cuspidal Edge ◽  
Zero Mean Curvature ◽  
Tangent Field

AbstractWe study singularities of spacelike, constant (non-zero) mean curvature (CMC) surfaces in the Lorentz–Minkowski 3-space L3. We show how to solve the singular Björling problem for such surfaces, which is stated as follows: given a real analytic null-curve f0(x), and a real analytic null vector field v(x) parallel to the tangent field of f0, find a conformally parameterized (generalized) CMC H surface in L3 which contains this curve as a singular set and such that the partial derivatives fx and fy are given by df0/dx and v along the curve. Within the class of generalized surfaces considered, the solution is unique and we give a formula for the generalized Weierstrass data for this surface. This gives a framework for studying the singularities of non-maximal CMC surfaces in L3. We use this to find the Björling data – and holomorphic potentials – which characterize cuspidal edge, swallowtail and cuspidal cross cap singularities.

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