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In this paper Bäcklund transformations for smooth and discrete Hashimoto surfaces are discussed and a geometric interpretation is given. It is shown that the complex curvature of a discrete space curve evolves with the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) of Ablowitz and Ladik, when the curve evolves with the Hashimoto or smoke-ring flow. A doubly discrete Hashimoto flow is derived and it is shown that in this case the complex curvature of the discrete curve obeys Ablovitz and Ladik’s doubly discrete NLSE. Elastic curves (curves that evolve by rigid motion under the Hashimoto flow) in the discrete and doubly discrete case are shown to be the same.
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Hoffmann, T. (2008). Discrete Hashimoto Surfaces and a Doubly Discrete Smoke-Ring Flow. In: Bobenko, A.I., Sullivan, J.M., Schröder, P., Ziegler, G.M. (eds) Discrete Differential Geometry. Oberwolfach Seminars, vol 38. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8621-4_5
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