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2007

Geometry

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Conics In The Hyperbolic Plane, Trent Phillip Naeve Jan 2007

Conics In The Hyperbolic Plane, Trent Phillip Naeve

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An affine transformation such as T(P)=Q is a locus of an affine conic. Any affine conic can be produced from this incidence construction. The affine type of conic (ellipse, parabola, hyperbola) is determined by the invariants of T, the determinant and trace of its linear part. The purpose of this thesis is to obtain a corresponding classification in the hyperbolic plane of conics defined by this construction.


Minimal Surfaces, Maria Guadalupe Chaparro Jan 2007

Minimal Surfaces, Maria Guadalupe Chaparro

Theses Digitization Project

The focus of this project consists of investigating when a ruled surface is a minimal surface. A minimal surface is a surface with zero mean curvature. In this project the basic terminology of differential geometry will be discussed including examples where the terminology will be applied to the different subjects of differential geometry. In addition the focus will be on a classical theorem of minimal surfaces referred to as the Plateau's Problem.