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Classifications of Translation Surfaces in Isotropic Geometry with Constant Curvature

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We classify translation surfaces in isotropic geometry with arbitrary constant isotropic Gaussian and mean curvatures under the condition that at least one translating curve lies in the plane.

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Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 291–306, March, 2020.

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Aydin, M.E. Classifications of Translation Surfaces in Isotropic Geometry with Constant Curvature. Ukr Math J 72, 329–347 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11253-020-01785-y

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