On linear Weingarten surfaces
Abstract
In this paper we study surfaces in Euclidean 3-space that satisfy a Weingarten condition of linear type as $\kappa_1=m \kappa_2 +n$, where $m$ and $n$ are real numbers and $\kappa_1$ and $\kappa_2$ denote the principal curvatures at each point of the surface. We investigate the possible existence of such surfaces parametrized by a uniparametric family of circles. Besides the surfaces of revolution, we prove that not exist more except the case $(m,n)=(-1,0)$, that is, if the surface is one of the classical examples of minimal surfaces discovered by Riemann.
- Publication:
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arXiv Mathematics e-prints
- Pub Date:
- July 2006
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.math/0607748
- arXiv:
- arXiv:math/0607748
- Bibcode:
- 2006math......7748L
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Differential Geometry;
- 53A05;
- 53C40
- E-Print:
- 10 pages