Nonnull soliton surface associated with the Betchov–Da Rios equation

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate the nonnull soliton surfaces associated with Betchov–Da Rios equation in Minkowski space-time. The differential geometric properties of these kind of nonnull soliton surfaces are examined with respect to the Lorentzian casual characterizations. Moreover, the linear maps of Weingarten type are obtained which are defined on tangent spaces of these soliton surfaces. Some new results are obtained by means of two geometric invariants k and h which are generated by linear maps of Weingarten type. Then, the mean curvature vector field and Gaussian curvature of the nonnull soliton surface are obtained. Finally, it is shown that this kind of soliton surface consists of flat points as a numerical example.