On surfaces in four-spaces

Self-duality in four-dimensional Riemannian geometry

Michael Atiyah, Nigel Hitchin, I. M. Singer · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1978 · 1.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +17

Conformal and minimal immersions of compact surfaces into the 4-sphere

Robert L. Bryant · Journal of Differential Geometry · 1982 · 274 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Geometry +10

Polygons and gravitons

Nigel Hitchin · Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1979 · 243 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +13

Compact four-dimensional self-dual EINSTEIN manifolds with positive scalar curvature

Th. Friedrich, Herbert Kurke · Mathematische Nachrichten · 1982 · 86 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +14

Minimal Surfaces in Euclidean Four-Space

Luther Pfahler Eisenhart · American Journal of Mathematics · 1912 · 50 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Geometry +9