A translation surface is a surface that is the sum of two planar curves contained in orthogonal planes. Thus a parametrization of the surfaces is X(u,v)=(x,0,f(x))+(0,y,g(y)) where f and g are smooth functions defined in some intervals of R. We are interesting in the translation surfaces with H=0 or K=0 on the whole surface.
For the mean curvature, it is immediate that H=0 is equivalent to f″(x)1+f′(x)2+g″(y)1+g′(y)2=0. Then necessarily we have that f″(x)1+f′(x)2=−g″(y)1+g′(y)2=c for some real number c. If c=0, then f″=g″=0, obtaining f(x)=ax+b, g(y)=cy+d and z=ax+cy+b+d, that is, the surface is a plane. If c≠0, integrating f and g we obtain f(x)=−1clogcos(cx+m), g(y)=1clogcos(cy+n), m,n∈R. Thus we write z=1clog(cos(cy+n)cos(cx+m)). This surface is called the Scherk's surface. In order to study the domain of the z(x,y), we take c=1 and m=n=0. Then z=log|cos(y)cos(x)|. Then the domain is
(x,y)∈(−π2,π2)×(−π2,π2).
It is clear that in the sides of this square, the function z=z(x,y) takes ∞ or −∞ values, as it is shown in the next picture.
If we now study translation surfaces with K=0, then this identity is equivalent to
f″g″=0.
Then f″=0 identically or g″=0 identically. Without loss of generality, we suppose f″=0, that is, f(x)=ax+b for some numbers a,b. Then the surface writes as z=ax+g(y)+b or in terms of X, X(x,y)=x(1,0,a)+(0,y,g(y)). This surface is a ruled surface whose base curve is any curve as α(y)=(0,y,g(y)) and the rulings as parallel to the direction (1,0,a). In the picture we consider a=0 and g(y)=sin(y).
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