Some Characterizations of Constant Breadth Spacelike Curves in Minkowski 4-space

Year 2015, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 1 - 12, 19.01.2015

Hüseyin Kocayiğit Zennure Çiçek

Abstract

In this study, the differential equation characterizations of constant breadth spacelike curves are given in the Minkowski4-space E4. Furthermore, a criterion for a spacelike curve to be a curve of constant breadth in Eis introduced. As an example, theobtained results are applied to the case that the curvatures k, k, k3are constants and are discussed

Keywords

Constant breadth curve, spacelike curve; Frenet frame

Huseyin Kocayi˘git and Zennure C¸ ic¸ek

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