A3.7
(i) The catenoid is the surface in Euclidean , with co-ordinates and Riemannian metric obtained by rotating the curve about the -axis, while the helicoid is the surface swept out by a line which lies along the -axis at time , and at time is perpendicular to the -axis, passes through the point and makes an angle with the -axis.
Find co-ordinates on each of and and write in terms of these co-ordinates.
(ii) Compute the induced Riemannian metrics on and in terms of suitable coordinates. Show that and are locally isometric. By considering the -axis in , show that this local isometry cannot be extended to a rigid motion of any open subset of Euclidean .
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