Surfaces in the Euclidean space E4 with pointwise 1-type Gauss map

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Abstract

In this article we study surfaces in Euclidean space E4 with pointwise 1-type Gauss map. We give a characterization of surfaces in E4 with a pointwise 1-type Gauss map of the first kind. We conclude that an oriented non-minimal surface M in E4 has a pointwise 1-type Gauss map of the first kind if and only if M is a surface in a 3-sphere of E4 with constant mean curvature. We also obtain a characterization for non-planar minimal surfaces in E4 with pointwise 1-type Gauss map of the second kind. Further we give a partial classification of surfaces in E4 in terms of the pointwise 1-type Gauss map of the second kind.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)617-625
Number of pages9
JournalHacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics
Volume40
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2011

Keywords

  • Gauss map
  • Mean curvature
  • Minimal surface
  • Normal bundle
  • Pointwise 1-type

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