On Bäcklund Transformation Between Timelike Curves in Minkowski Space-Time
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to define
Bäcklund transformation between two timelike curves in four dimensional
Minkowski space. For this purpose, we examine the transformation depending on
the choice of rotation matrix which determines the relations between Frenet
frames of timelike Bäcklund curves. There are three different cases for
rotation matrix; two of them are spherical rotations on the spacelike hyperplane
and one of them is hyperbolical rotation on the timelike hyperplane. For each
case, we get the relations between curvature functions of timelike Bäcklund
curves. By the way, we prove that timelike Bäcklund curves must have equal constant
second torsion functions up to sign. This also means that Bäcklund
transformation is a transformation which maps a timelike curve with constant
second torsion to another timelike curve with constant second torsion.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
September 20, 2018
Submission Date
November 27, 2017
Acceptance Date
September 29, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 22 Number: 3