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July, 2013 Umbilics of surfaces in the Minkowski 3-space
Farid TARI
J. Math. Soc. Japan 65(3): 723-731 (July, 2013). DOI: 10.2969/jmsj/06530723

Abstract

We prove that any closed and convex surface in the Minkowski 3-space of class $C^3$ has at least two umbilic points. This shows that the Carathéodory conjecture for surfaces in the Euclidean 3-space is true for surfaces in the Minkowski 3-space.

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Farid TARI. "Umbilics of surfaces in the Minkowski 3-space." J. Math. Soc. Japan 65 (3) 723 - 731, July, 2013. https://doi.org/10.2969/jmsj/06530723

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Published: July, 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 23 July 2013

zbMATH: 1278.53017
MathSciNet: MR3084977
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2969/jmsj/06530723

Subjects:
Primary: 53A35
Secondary: 32S05 , 34A09

Keywords: Carathéodory conjecture , lines of principal curvature , Minkowski 3-space , singularities , umbilics

Rights: Copyright © 2013 Mathematical Society of Japan

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