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December 2007 Topology of Surfaces with Connected Shades
Mohammad Ghomi
Asian J. Math. 11(4): 621-634 (December 2007).

Abstract

We prove that any closed orientable surface may be smoothly embedded in Euclidean 3-space so that when it is illuminated by parallel rays from any direction the shade cast on the surface is connected.

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Mohammad Ghomi. "Topology of Surfaces with Connected Shades." Asian J. Math. 11 (4) 621 - 634, December 2007.

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Published: December 2007
First available in Project Euclid: 2 May 2008

zbMATH: 1141.53301
MathSciNet: MR2402941

Subjects:
Primary: 53A04 , 53A05
Secondary: 52A15 , 53C42

Keywords: constant mean curvature , gauss map , shade , Shadow , skew loop , tantrix , tight immersion , two-piece-property , vision number

Rights: Copyright © 2007 International Press of Boston

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