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Parametric polynomial minimal surfaces of arbitrary degree

Gang Xu () 1, Guozhao Wang 2

(2010)

Abstract: Weierstrass representation is a classical parameterization of minimal surfaces. However, two functions should be specified to construct the parametric form in Weierestrass representation. In this paper, we propose an explicit parametric form for a class of parametric polynomial minimal surfaces of arbitrary degree. It includes the classical Enneper surface for cubic case. The proposed minimal surfaces also have some interesting properties such as symmetry, containing straight lines and self-intersections. According to the shape properties, the proposed minimal surface can be classified into four categories with respect to $n=4k-1$ $n=4k+1$, $n=4k$ and $n=4k+2$. The explicit parametric form of corresponding conjugate minimal surfaces is given and the isometric deformation is also implemented.

  • 1:  GALAAD (INRIA Sophia Antipolis)
  • INRIA – CNRS : UMR6621 – Université Nice Sophia Antipolis [UNS]
  • 2:  Department of Mathematics [Hangzhou]
  • Zhejiang University
  • Domain : Computer Science/Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality
    Computer Science/Computer Aided Engineering
    Mathematics/Differential Geometry
  • Keywords : parametric polynomial minimal surface Enneper surface conjugate minimal surface
 
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  • Submitted on: Monday, 2 August 2010 00:07:14
  • Updated on: Monday, 2 August 2010 08:09:08