Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4606635 | Differential Geometry and its Applications | 2009 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The algebra of differential invariants of a suitably generic surface S⊂R3S⊂R3, under either the usual Euclidean or equi-affine group actions, is shown to be generated, through invariant differentiation, by a single differential invariant. For Euclidean surfaces, the generating invariant is the mean curvature, and, as a consequence, the Gauss curvature can be expressed as an explicit rational function of the invariant derivatives, with respect to the Frenet frame, of the mean curvature. For equi-affine surfaces, the generating invariant is the third order Pick invariant. The proofs are based on the new, equivariant approach to the method of moving frames.
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Authors
Peter J. Olver,