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SIGMA, 2024 Volume 20, 034, 15 pp. (Mi sigma2036)

A Weierstrass Representation Formula for Discrete Harmonic Surfaces

Motoko Kotania, Hisashi Naitob

a The Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University, Japan
b Graduate School of Mathematics, Nagoya University, Japan

Abstract: A discrete harmonic surface is a trivalent graph which satisfies the balancing condition in the $3$-dimensional Euclidean space and achieves energy minimizing under local deformations. Given a topological trivalent graph, a holomorphic function, and an associated discrete holomorphic quadratic form, a version of the Weierstrass representation formula for discrete harmonic surfaces in the $3$-dimensional Euclidean space is proposed. By using the formula, a smooth converging sequence of discrete harmonic surfaces is constructed, and its limit is a classical minimal surface defined with the same holomorphic data. As an application, we have a discrete approximation of the Enneper surface.

Keywords: discrete harmonic surfaces, minimal surfaces, Weierstrass representation formula.

MSC: 53A70, 53A10, 52C26

Received: July 17, 2023; in final form April 12, 2024; Published online April 17, 2024

Language: English

DOI: 10.3842/SIGMA.2024.034


ArXiv: 2307.08537


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