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Curved Flats and Isothermic Surfaces

F. Burstall, U. Hertrich-Jeromin, F. Pedit, U. Pinkall

dg-gaarXiv:dg-ga/9411010

Abstract

We show how pairs of isothermic surfaces are given by curved flats in a pseudo Riemannian symmetric space and vice versa. Calapso's fourth order partial differential equation is derived and, using a solution of this equation, a Möbius invariant frame for an isothermic surface is built.

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