Gauss map for surfaces in 4-space

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Friday, 12 November, 2010 - 14:30

The Gauss map for surfaces M in 3-space is a map from M into a sphere; I will present the analogue for surfaces in 4-space, showing that it will be a map from M into the product of two spheres. I will also discuss a geometric characterization of Lagrangean surfaces in terms
of their Gauss map.

Speaker: 

José Basto-Gonçalves