Periodic discrete conformal maps

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1999-05-19

arxiv.org/abs/math/9905112v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

41 pages, 10 figures, LaTeX2e

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A discrete conformal map (DCM) maps the square lattice to the Riemann sphere such that the image of every irreducible square has the same cross-ratio. This paper shows that every periodic DCM can be determined from spectral data (a hyperelliptic compact Riemann surface, called the spectral curve, equipped with some marked points). Each point of the map corresponds to a line bundle over the spectral curve so that the map corresponds to a discrete subgroup of the Jacobi variety. We derive an explicit formula for the generic maps using Riemann theta functions, describe the typical singularities and give a geometric interpretation of DCM's as a discrete version of the Schwarzian KdV equation. As such, the DCM equation is a discrete soliton equation and we describe the dressing action of a loop group on the set of DCM's. We also show that this action corresponds to a lattice of isospectral Darboux transforms for the finite gap solutions of the KdV equation.

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