Abstract
We investigate semi-discrete maximal surfaces with singularities in Minkowski 3-space. In the smooth case, maximal surfaces (spacelike surfaces with mean curvature identically 0) in Minkowski 3-space admit a Weierstrass-type representation and they generally have singularities. In this paper, we first describe semi-discrete isothermic maximal surfaces in Minkowski 3-space and give a Weierstrass-type representation for them determined from integrable system principles. Furthermore, we show that semi-discrete isothermic maximal surfaces admit associated one-parameter families of deformations whose mean curvature remains identically 0. Finally we give a criterion that naturally describes the unified scheme of the “singular set” for these semi-discrete maximal surfaces, including the associated family.
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