Explicit Solving of the System of Natural PDEs of Minimal Lorentz Surfaces in ${\mathbb{R}}_2^4$

Abstract

A minimal Lorentz surface in ${\mathbb{R}}_2^4$ is said to be of general type if its corresponding null curves are non-degenerate. These surfaces admit canonical isothermal and canonical isotropic coordinates. It is known that the Gauss curvature $K$ and the normal curvature $\varkappa$ of such a surface considered as functions of the canonical coordinates satisfy a system of two natural PDEs. Using the Weierstrass type representations of the corresponding null curves, we solve explicitly the system of natural PDEs, expressing any solution by means of four real functions of one variable. We obtain the transformation formulas for the functions in the Weierstrass representation of a null curve under a proper motion in ${\mathbb{R}}_2^4$. Using this, we find the relation between two quadruples of real functions generating one and the same solution to the system of natural PDEs.

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• Explicit Solving of the System of Natural PDE's of Minimal Surfaces in the Four-Dimensional Euclidean Space