The space-like surfaces with vanishing conformal form in the conformal space

Nie, Changxiong

doi:10.1090/S1088-4173-2012-00247-0

The space-like surfaces with vanishing conformal form in the conformal space
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by Changxiong Nie

Conform. Geom. Dyn. 16 (2012), 204-208

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1088-4173-2012-00247-0

Published electronically: August 15, 2012

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Abstract:

The conformal geometry of surfaces in the conformal space $\mathbf {Q}^n_1$ is studied. We classify the space-like surfaces in $\mathbf {Q}^n_1$ with vanishing conformal form up to conformal equivalence.

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