DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY OF CURVES AND SURFACES IN LORENTZ-MINKOWSKI SPACE

Year 2014, Volume: 7 Issue: 1 , 44 - 107 , 30.04.2014

Rafael López

https://doi.org/10.36890/iejg.594497

Cited By: 210

https://izlik.org/JA25AN93AB

Abstract

Keywords

Lorentz-Minkowski space , curve , surface , curvature , Frenet , mean curvature

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