The conformal Gauss map of submanifolds of the M�bius space

A Willmore surface $y:M\rightarrow S^{n+2}$ has a natural harmonic oriented conformal Gauss map $Gr_{y}:M\rightarrow SO^{+}(1,n+3)/SO(1,3)\times SO(n)$ , which maps each point $p\in M$ to its oriented mean curvature 2-sphere at $p$ . An easy observation shows that all conformal Gauss maps of Willmore surfaces satisfy a restricted nilpotency condition, which will be called “strongly conformally harmonic.” The goal of this paper is to characterize those strongly conformally harmonic maps from a Riemann surface $M$ to $SO^{+}(1,n+3)/SO^{+}(1,3)\times SO(n)$ , which are the conformal Gauss maps of some Willmore surface in $S^{n+2}.$ It turns out that generically, the condition of being strongly conformally harmonic suffices to be associated with a Willmore surface. The exceptional case will also be discussed.

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Conformal Gauss Map Geometry and Application to Willmore Surfaces in Model Spaces

Potential Analysis ◽

10.1007/s11118-020-09825-9 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nicolas Marque

Keyword(s):

Gauss Map ◽

Willmore Surfaces ◽

Model Spaces ◽

Conformal Gauss Map

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Continuous Maps from Spheres Converging to Boundaries of Convex Hulls

Forum of Mathematics Sigma ◽

10.1017/fms.2021.10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Joseph Malkoun ◽

Peter J. Olver

Keyword(s):

Convex Hull ◽

Convex Geometry ◽

Gauss Map ◽

Parameter Family ◽

Convex Hulls ◽

Dimensional Sphere ◽

Continuous Maps ◽

Dimensional Boundary

Abstract Given n distinct points $\mathbf {x}_1, \ldots , \mathbf {x}_n$ in $\mathbb {R}^d$ , let K denote their convex hull, which we assume to be d-dimensional, and $B = \partial K $ its $(d-1)$ -dimensional boundary. We construct an explicit, easily computable one-parameter family of continuous maps $\mathbf {f}_{\varepsilon } \colon \mathbb {S}^{d-1} \to K$ which, for $\varepsilon> 0$ , are defined on the $(d-1)$ -dimensional sphere, and whose images $\mathbf {f}_{\varepsilon }({\mathbb {S}^{d-1}})$ are codimension $1$ submanifolds contained in the interior of K. Moreover, as the parameter $\varepsilon $ goes to $0^+$ , the images $\mathbf {f}_{\varepsilon } ({\mathbb {S}^{d-1}})$ converge, as sets, to the boundary B of the convex hull. We prove this theorem using techniques from convex geometry of (spherical) polytopes and set-valued homology. We further establish an interesting relationship with the Gauss map of the polytope B, appropriately defined. Several computer plots illustrating these results are included.

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A note on surfaces with prescribed oriented Euclidean Gauss map

International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences ◽

10.1155/ijmms.2005.537 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 2005 (4) ◽

pp. 537-543

Author(s):

Ricardo Sa Earp ◽

Eric Toubiana

Keyword(s):

Euclidean Space ◽

Hyperbolic Space ◽

Gauss Map ◽

Compatibility Relation ◽

Hyperbolic Gauss Map ◽

Conformal Immersion

We present another proof of a theorem due to Hoffman and Osserman in Euclidean space concerning the determination of a conformal immersion by its Gauss map. Our approach depends on geometric quantities, that is, the hyperbolic Gauss mapGand formulae obtained in hyperbolic space. We use the idea that the Euclidean Gauss map and the hyperbolic Gauss map with some compatibility relation determine a conformal immersion, proved in a previous paper.

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