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