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FAMILY OF RULED SURFACES WITH POINTWISE 1-TYPE GAUSS MAP IN A 3-DIMENSIONAL STRICT WALKER MANIFOLD

Authors

  • Papa Aly Cisse
  • Mamadou Eramane Bodian
  • Ameth Ndiaye

Keywords:

minimal surfaces, Lorentz manifolds, ruled surfaces, Walker manifolds

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17654/0972415X26001

Abstract

In this paper, we consider two special families of ruled surfaces in a three-dimensional Walker manifold which look like the ruled surfaces in a three-dimensional semi-Euclidean space. We obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for such a surface to be pointwise 1-type Gauss map. We obtain also, by the use of the concept of pointwise 1-type Gauss map, a characterization theorem for ruled surfaces of constant mean curvature.

Received: August 22, 2025
Revised: September 20, 2025
Accepted: September 25, 2025

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2025-12-31

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FAMILY OF RULED SURFACES WITH POINTWISE 1-TYPE GAUSS MAP IN A 3-DIMENSIONAL STRICT WALKER MANIFOLD. (2025). JP Journal of Geometry and Topology, 32(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.17654/0972415X26001

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