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may 2011 Constant angle surfaces in Minkowski space
Rafael López, Marian Ioan Munteanu
Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. Simon Stevin 18(2): 271-286 (may 2011). DOI: 10.36045/bbms/1307452077

Abstract

A constant angle surface in Minkowski space is a spacelike surface whose unit normal vector field makes a constant hyperbolic angle with a fixed timelike vector. In this work we study and classify these surfaces. In particular, we show that they are flat. Next we prove that a tangent developable surface (resp. cylinder, cone) is a constant angle surface if and only if the generating curve is a helix (resp. a straight line, a circle).

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Rafael López. Marian Ioan Munteanu. "Constant angle surfaces in Minkowski space." Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. Simon Stevin 18 (2) 271 - 286, may 2011. https://doi.org/10.36045/bbms/1307452077

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Published: may 2011
First available in Project Euclid: 7 June 2011

zbMATH: 1220.53024
MathSciNet: MR2847763
Digital Object Identifier: 10.36045/bbms/1307452077

Subjects:
Primary: 53B25

Keywords: constant angle surfaces , helix , Minkowski space

Rights: Copyright © 2011 The Belgian Mathematical Society

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