Abstract

Using the complex parabolic rotations of holomorphic null curves in ${\mathbb{C}}^{4}$, we transform minimal surfaces in Euclidean space ${\mathbb{R}}^{3} \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{4}$ to a family of degenerate minimal surfaces in Euclidean space ${\mathbb{R}}^{4}$. Applying our deformation to holomorphic null curves in ${\mathbb{C}}^{3} \subset {\mathbb{C}}^{4}$ induced by helicoids in ${\mathbb{R}}^{3}$, we discover new minimal surfaces in ${\mathbb{R}}^{4}$ foliated by conic sections with eccentricity grater than $1$: hyperbolas or straight lines. Applying our deformation to holomorphic null curves in ${\mathbb{C}}^{3}$ induced by catenoids in ${\mathbb{R}}^{3}$, we can rediscover the Hoffman-Osserman catenoids in ${\mathbb{R}}^{4}$ foliated by conic sections with eccentricity smaller than $1$: ellipses or circles. We prove the existence of minimal surfaces in ${\mathbb{R}}^{4}$ foliated by ellipses, which converge to circles at infinity. We construct minimal surfaces in ${\mathbb{R}}^{4}$ foliated by parabolas: conic sections which have eccentricity $1$.

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