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2009 Some characterizations of type-3 slant helices in Minkowski space-time
Melih Turgut, Süha Yilmaz
Involve 2(1): 115-120 (2009). DOI: 10.2140/involve.2009.2.115

Abstract

In this work, the concept of a slant helix is extended to Minkowski space-time. In an analogous way, we define type-3 slant helices whose trinormal lines make a constant angle with a fixed direction. Moreover, some characterizations of such curves are presented.

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Melih Turgut. Süha Yilmaz. "Some characterizations of type-3 slant helices in Minkowski space-time." Involve 2 (1) 115 - 120, 2009. https://doi.org/10.2140/involve.2009.2.115

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Received: 17 March 2008; Revised: 14 June 2008; Accepted: 16 June 2008; Published: 2009
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

zbMATH: 1169.53311
MathSciNet: MR2501349
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/involve.2009.2.115

Subjects:
Primary: 53C40 , 53C50

Keywords: Frenet frame , Minkowski space-time , slant helix , type-3 slant helix

Rights: Copyright © 2009 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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