Affine rotational surfaces with vanishing affine curvature (Q1882454)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2104875
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Affine rotational surfaces with vanishing affine curvature
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2104875

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    Affine rotational surfaces with vanishing affine curvature (English)
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    1 October 2004
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    In affine differential geometry there exists 4 different types of rotation surfaces. A rotation surface is called proper if the axis is a proper line: in which case the parallel curves can be ellipses, hyperbolas or parabolas. The 4th type happens if the axis is the line at infinity. In all cases, a rotation surface is determined by a single function \(r\) of 1-variable. The author determines in each case the expression of the affine invariants in terms of the function \(r\) and its derivatives. From this, he obtains a classification of all affine rotation surfaces for which the Gauss-Kronecker curvature vanishes, i.e. for which the determinant of the affine shape operator vanishes.
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    affine differential geometry
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    affine rotation surfaces
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    affine shape operator
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