“Mean Curvature”的概念、定义、习题解题方法及翻译-数学辞典

单词

Mean Curvature

释义

Mean Curvature

Let and be the Principal Curvatures, then their Mean

(1)

is called the mean curvature. Let

and

be the radii corresponding to the Principal Curvatures, then themultiplicative inverse of the mean curvature

is given by the multiplicative inverse of the Harmonic Mean,

(2)

In terms of the Gaussian Curvature

(3)

The mean curvature of a Regular Surface in

at a point p is formally defined as

(4)

where

is the Shape Operator and

denotes the Trace. For aMonge Patch with

(5)

(Gray 1993, p. 307).

If is a Regular Patch, then the mean curvature is given by

(6)

where

, and

are coefficients of the first Fundamental Form and

, and

arecoefficients of the second Fundamental Form (Gray 1993, p. 282). It can also be written

(7)

Gray (1993, p. 285).

The Gaussian and mean curvature satisfy

(8)

with equality only at Umbilic Points, since

(9)

If p is a point on a Regular Surface and and are tangent vectors to at p, then the mean curvature of at p is related to the ShapeOperator by

(10)

Let Z be a nonvanishing Vector Field on

which is everywhere Perpendicular to

, and let

and

be Vector Fields tangent to

such that

, then

(11)

(Gray 1993, pp. 291-292).

Wente (1985, 1986, 1987) found a nonspherical finite surface with constant mean curvature, consisting of a self-intersectingthree-lobed toroidal surface. A family of such surfaces exists.

See also Gaussian Curvature, Principal Curvatures, Shape Operator

References

Gray, A. ``The Gaussian and Mean Curvatures.'' §14.5 in Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 279-285, 1993.

Isenberg, C. The Science of Soap Films and Soap Bubbles. New York: Dover, p. 108, 1992.

Peterson, I. The Mathematical Tourist: Snapshots of Modern Mathematics. New York: W. H. Freeman, pp. 69-70, 1988.

Wente, H. C. ``A Counterexample in 3-Space to a Conjecture of H. Hopf.'' In Workshop Bonn 1984, Proceedings of the 25th Mathematical Workshop Held at the Max-Planck Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, June 15-22, 1984 (Ed. F. Hirzebruch, J. Schwermer, and S. Suter). New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 421-429, 1985.

Wente, H. C. ``Counterexample to a Conjecture of H. Hopf.'' Pac. J. Math. 121, 193-243, 1986.

Wente, H. C. ``Immersed Tori of Constant Mean Curvature in .'' In Variational Methods for Free Surface Interfaces, Proceedings of a Conference Held in Menlo Park, CA, Sept. 7-12, 1985 (Ed. P. Concus and R. Finn). New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 13-24, 1987.

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