Math F412: Homework 7 Solutions

2-5.1a.

March 21, 2005

The chart is
(u, v) = (a sin(u) cos(v), b sin(u) sin(v), c cos(u),

so

u = (a cos (u) cos (v) , b cos (u) sin (v) , c sin (u))
v = (a sin (u) sin (v) , b sin (u) cos (v) , 0).
Hence the first fundamental form is

a2 cos2 (u) cos2 (v) + b2 cos2 (u) sin2 (v) + c2 sin2 (u) du2

2(cos (u) cos (v) sin (u) sin (v) a2 b2 )dudv

+ sin2 (u)(a2 sin2 (v) + b2 cos2 (v))dv 2.

The computation works the same way as in part a. So Ill just state the result so
you can check your work.

2-5.1b.

a2 cos2 (v) + b2 sin2 (v) + 4 u2 du2

2u cos (v) sin (v) a2 b2

u2 a2 sin2 (v) + b2 cos2 (v)

dudv

dv 2 .

The computation here is the same as in part a. So Ill just state the result so you
can check your work.
2-5.1d.

2-5.3.

2 cosh (u) cos (v) sinh (u) sin (v) a2 b2

dudv

+ sinh2 (u) a2 sin2 (v) + b2 cos2 (v) dv 2.

The chart is given by

(u, v) =

So

a2 cosh2 (u) cos2 (v) + b2 cosh2 (u) sin2 (v) + c2 sinh2 (u) du2

4u
4v
2(u2 + v 2 )
.
,
,
u2 + v 2 + 4 u2 + v 2 + 4 u2 + v 2 + 4
!

4
(u2 + v 2 + 4, 2uv, 4u)
+ v 2 + 4)2
4
v = 2
(2uv, u2 v 2 + 4, 4v).
2
2
(u + v + 4)

u =

(u2

Hence
hu , u i =

(u2

16
+ v 2 + 4)2

hu , v i = 0
hv , v i =

(u2

16
.
+ v 2 + 4)2

Math F412: Homework 7 Solutions

March 21, 2005

Therefore the first fundamental form is given by

16
2
2
.
du
+
dv
(u2 + v 2 + 4)2

Notice that this proves that the map from R2 to the sphere (minus the north pole) given by
stereographic projection is a conformal map.
1.

Let f be a rotation function given by a matrix

cos() sin()

A = sin() cos()
0
0

0.
1

Notice that if : I R3 is a curve, then

0 = A0 , A0

= (0 )t At A0 .

Since At A = I (in other words, A is an orthogonal matrix!) we conclude that

0 = (0 )t I0 = 0 , 0 = 0 .

So f preserves the lengths of tangent vectors. Let S be a surface of revolution. In a previous

homework, we showed that f is a diffeomorphsim. We have just shown that if v is a tangent
vector to S, then |Df (v)|2 = |v|2 . Hence f is an isometry.
2.

This problem was moved to the next weeks homework. See solutions there!