Geometry of curves and surfaces through the contact map

DOI10.1016/j.topol.2011.09.021zbMath1243.53008OpenAlexW2092964932MaRDI QIDQ664656

Peter J. Giblin, Stanisław Janeczko

Publication date: 2 March 2012

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.topol.2011.09.021

zbMATH Keywords

surface in 4-spacecenter symmetry setcontact of manifoldreflexion through a point

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Affine differential geometry (53A15) Critical points of functions and mappings on manifolds (58K05)

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