Differential Equations for a Space Curve According to the Unit Darboux Vector

Year 2018, Volume: 9, 91 - 97, 28.12.2018

Süleyman Şenyurt Osman Çakır

Abstract

In this work, the differential equation of a differentiable curve is expressed, by making use of Laplace and normal Laplace operators, as a linear combination of the unit Darboux vector defined as C = sinφT + cosφB  of that curve. Later, the necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the space curves to be a 1-type Darboux vector.

Keywords

Darboux vector, Laplacian operator

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