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SOME TRANSLATION SURFACES IN THE 3-DIMENSIONAL HEISENBERG GROUP

  • Yoon, Dae Won (Department of Mathematics Education and RINS Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Lee, Chul Woo (Department of Mathematics Education Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Karacan, Murat Kemal (Department of Mathematics Faculty of Sciences and Arts Usak University)
  • Received : 2012.10.04
  • Published : 2013.07.31

Abstract

In this paper, we define translation surfaces in the 3-dimensional Heisenberg group $\mathcal{H}_3$ obtained as a product of two planar curves lying in planes, which are not orthogonal, and study minimal translation surfaces in $\mathcal{H}_3$.

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