In this paper we prove a universal inequality describing the asymptotic behavior of support points for planar continuous curves. As corollaries we get an analogous result for tangent points of differentiable planar curves and some (partially known) assertions on the asymptotic of the mean value points for various classical analytic theorems. Some open questions are formulated.
Tractrices of planar curves, in particular, a family of tractrices of a circle, are considered. Some new observations (including arc-length parametrization, Chezaro equation) and corrected reference informations are provided. The article is written in Russian.
In this paper, we study planar polygonal curves from the variational methods. We show an unified interpretation of discrete curvatures and the Steiner-type formula by extracting the notion of the discrete curvature vector from the first variation of the length functional. Moreover, we determine the equilibrium curves for the length functional under the area-constraint condition and study their stability.
In this paper we study singular points of the Wigner caustic and affine $λ$--equidistants of planar curves based on shapes of these curves. We generalize the Blaschke-Süss theorem on the existence of antipodal pairs of a convex curve.
We define a computable topological invariant $μ(γ)$ for generic closed planar regular curves $γ$, which gives an effective lower bound for the number of inflection points on a given generic closed planar curve. Using it, we classify the topological types of locally convex curves (i.e. closed planar regular curves without inflections) whose numbers of crossings are less than or equal to five. Moreover, we discuss the relationship between the number of double tangents and the invariant $μ(γ)$ on a given $γ$.
The secant caustic of a planar curve $M$ is the image of the singular set of the secant map of $M$. We analyse the geometrical properties of the secant caustic of a planar curve, i.e. the number of branches of the secant caustic, the parity of the number of cusps and the number of inflexion points in each branch of this set. In particular, we investigate in detail some of the geometrical properties of the secant caustic of a rosette, i.e. a smooth regular oriented closed curve with non-vanishing curvature.
Motivated by the analogies between the projective and the almost quaternionic geometries, we study the generalized planar curves and mappings. We follow, recover, and extend the classical approach as developed by Mikes and Sinyukov. Then we exploit the impact of the general results in the almost quaternionic geometry. In particular we show, that the natural class of H--planar curves coincides with the class of all geodesics of the so called Weyl connections and preserving this class turns out to be the necessary and sufficient condition on diffeomorphisms to become morphisms of almost quaterni…
In this paper we use a gradient flow to deform closed planar curves to curves with least variation of geodesic curvature in the $L^2$ sense. Given a smooth initial curve we show that the solution to the flow exists for all time and, provided the length of the evolving curve remains bounded, smoothly converges to a multiply-covered circle. Moreover, we show that curves in any homotopy class with initially small $L^3\lVert k_s\rVert_2^2$ enjoy a uniform length bound under the flow, yielding the convergence result in these cases.
Michor and Mumford have shown that the distances between planar curves in the simplest metric (not involving derivatives) are identically zero. We consider two conformally equivalent metrics for which the distances between curves are nontrivial. We show that in the case of the simpler of the two metrics, the only minimal geodesics are those corresponding to curve evolution in which the points of the curve move with the same normal speed. An equation for the geodesics and a formula for the sectional curvature are derived; a necessary and sufficient condition for the sectional curvature to be bo…
The method for approximation of planar curve by circular arcs with length preservation, proposed by I.Kh. Sabitov and A.V. Slovesnov, is analyzed. We extend the applicability of the method, and consider some corollaries, not related to the approximation problem. Inequalities for the length of a convex spiral arc with prescribed two-point $G^1$ or $G^2$ Hermite data are derived. We propose a scheme of computer modelling to explore properties of planar curves. As an example, closeness of ovals is tested, leading to some conjectures about closeness conditions.
Given a pair of real functions $(k,f)$, we study the conditions they must satisfy for $k+λf$ to be the curvature in the arc-length of a closed planar curve for all real $λ$. Several equivalent conditions are pointed out, certain periodic behaviours are shown as essential and a family of such pairs is explicitely constructed. The discrete counterpart of the problem is also studied. Finally, the characterization obtained is used to show that a sufficient analogue of the 4-vertex theorem cannot be developed.
We study the evolution of closed inextensible planar curves under a second order flow that decreases the $p$-elastic energy. A short time existence result for $p \in (1,\infty)$ is obtained via a minimizing movements method. For $p = 2$, that is in the case of the classic elastic energy, long-time existence is retrieved.
We introduce a new method to construct a large family of Lagrangian surfaces in complex Euclidean plane by means of two planar curves making use of their usual product as complex functions and integrating the Hermitian product of their position and tangent vectors. Among this family, we characterize minimal, constant mean curvature, Hamiltonian stationary, solitons for mean curvature flow and Willmore surfaces in terms of simple properties of the curvatures of the generating curves. As an application, we provide explicitly conformal parametrizations of known and new examples of these classes o…
Hamilton flows on Kähler manifold for which all trajectories are $H$-planar curves (complex analog of geodesics) are considered. These flows are called $H$-planar. The equation which has to obey the Hamiltonian of $H$-planar Hamilton flow is received and the method of finding general solution of this equation is proposed. Trajectories of charged particles in magnetic fields of special form on Kähler manifolds of constant holomorphic sectional curvature are studied. Using the fact that Kähler manifolds of constant holomorphic sectional curvature admit $H$-projective mapping on flat space the eq…
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology(以色列理工学院)
We propose a learning paradigm for the numerical approximation of differential invariants of planar curves. Deep neural-networks' (DNNs) universal approximation properties are utilized to estimate geometric measures. The proposed framework is shown to be a preferable alternative to axiomatic constructions. Specifically, we show that DNNs can learn to overcome instabilities and sampling artifacts and produce consistent signatures for curves subject to a given group of transformations in the plane. We compare the proposed schemes to alternative state-of-the-art axiomatic constructions of differe…
In this paper results from the differential geometry of curves are extended from normed planes to gauge planes which are obtained by neglecting the symmetry axiom. Based on the gauge analogue of the notion of Birkhoff orthogonality from Banach space theory, we study all curvature types of curves in gauge planes, thus generalizing their complete classification for normed planes. We show that (as in the subcase of normed planes) there are four such types, and we call them analogously Minkowski, normal, circular, and arc-length curvature. We study relations between them and extend, based on this,…
In the present paper we study pseudo-Riemannian submanifolds which have 3-planar geodesic normal sections.We consider W-curves (helices) on pseudo-Riemannian submanifolds. Finally, we give neccessary and sufficient condition for a normal section to be a W-curve on pseudo-Riemannian submanifolds.
We consider compact connected minimal surfaces, with a pair of boundary curves (not necessarily convex) in distinct planes, that have least-area amongst all orientable surfaces with the same boundary. When the planes containing these two boundary curves are either parallel or sufficiently close to parallel, and when the boundary curves themselves are sufficiently close to each other, we draw specific conclusions about the geometry and topology of the surfaces. We also strength the following result: Let $M$ be any compact minimal annulus with two planar boundary curves of diameters $d_1$ and $d…
In this paper, we revisit the notion of length measures associated to planar closed curves. These are a special case of area measures of hypersurfaces which were introduced early on in the field of convex geometry. The length measure of a curve is a measure on the circle $\mathbb{S}^1$ that intuitively represents the length of the portion of curve which tangent vector points in a certain direction. While a planar closed curve is not characterized by its length measure, the fundamental Minkowski-Fenchel-Jessen theorem states that length measures fully characterize convex curves modulo translati…
Geometric reduction of the Newtonian planar three-body problem is investigated in the framework of equivariant Riemannian geometry, which reduces the study of trajectories of three-body motions to the study of their moduli curves, that is, curves which record the change of size and shape, in the moduli space of oriented mass-triangles. The latter space is a Riemannian cone over the shape 2-sphere, and the shape curve is the image curve on this sphere. It is shown that the time parametrized moduli curve is in general determined by the relative geometry of the shape curve and the shape potential…