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Curves with constant torsion can be deformed arbitrarily.

Study of curves in dual space with constant curvature and torsion.

We give an explicit construction of a closed curve with constant torsion and everywhere positive curvature. We also discuss the restrictions on closed curves of constant torsion when they are constrained to lie on convex surfaces.

Ruled surfaces with Ricci metrics use curves of constant torsion.

Salkowski \cite{salkow}, one century ago, introduced a family of curves with constant curvature but non-constant torsion (Salkowski curves) and a family of curves with constant torsion but non-constant curvature (anti-Salkowski curves) in Euclidean 3-space $\e^3$. In this paper, we adapt definition of such curves to ti…

Study on triharmonic curves in Sol space with constant curvature and torsion.

We describe the curves of constant (geodesic) curvature and torsion in the three-dimensional round sphere. These curves are the trajectory of a point whose motion is the superposition of two circular motions in orthogonal planes. The global behavior may be periodic or the curve may be dense in a Clifford torus embedded…

Study geometric flow on curves with positive torsion, finding stationary solutions and their stability.

The Backlund transformation for pseudospherical surfaces, which is equivalent to that of the sine-Gordon equation, can be restricted to give a transformation on space curves that preserves constant torsion. We study its effects on closed curves (in particular, elastic rods) that generate multiphase solutions for the vo…

Characterizes curves in totally umbilical surfaces of space forms.

Study natural and conjugate mates of Frenet curves in Lie groups.

We provide new results and new proofs of results about the torsion of curves in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Let $γ$ be a smooth curve in $\mathbb{R}^3$ that is the graph over a simple closed curve in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with positive curvature. We give a new proof that if $γ$ has nonnegative (or nonpositive) torsion, then $γ$ has zero …

The paper classifies helix curves on a pseudo-Riemannian surface.

The main topic of this paper is to show that in the 3-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, the torsion of a null curve is equal to the Schwarzian derivative of a certain function appearing in a description of the curve. As applications, we obtain descriptions of the slant helices, and null curves for which the torsion is o…

The purpose of this article is to give an explicit formula for all curves of constant torsion $τ$ in the unit two-sphere $S^2(1)$. These curves and their basic properties have been known since the 1890's, and some of these properties are discussed in the Appendix. Some example curves, computed with a standard ODE packa…

In this paper, first and second type admissible Mannheim partner curves are defined in pseudo-Galilean space $G_3^1$. Moreover, it is proved that the distance between the reciprocal points of both of first and second type admissible Mannheim curves and the torsions of these curves are constant. Furthermore, the relatio…

Establishes necessary conditions for cylindrical curves using curvature and torsion.

In this paper, we consider the discrete deformation of the discrete space curves with constant torsion described by the discrete mKdV or the discrete sine-Gordon equations, and show that it is formulated as the torsion-preserving equidistant deformation on the osculating plane which satisfies the isoperimetric conditio…

Study of contact whirl curves in Sasakian Lorentzian 3-manifolds.

In classical curve theory, the geometry of a curve in three dimensions is essentially characterized by their invariants, curvature and torsion. When they are given, the problem of finding a corresponding curve is known as 'solving natural equations'. Explicit solutions are known only for a handful of curve classes, inc…

In this study, we deal with the local structure of curves and surfaces immersed in a pseudo-isotropic space I_{p}^{3} that is a particular Cayley-Klein space. We provide the formulas of curvature, torsion and Frenet trihedron in order for spacelike and timelike curves. The causal character of all admissible surfaces in…

In this paper, we introduce a new class of curves αcalled a f-rectifying curves, which its f-position vector defined by α_{f}(s)=\int f(s)T(s)ds always lie in the rectifying plane of α, where f is an integrable function and T is the speed curve of α. In particular case, when the function f=0 or constant, the class of f…

For the class of quasi-periodic solutions of the vortex filament equation, we study connections between the algebro-geometric data used for their explicit construction and the geometry of the evolving curves. We give a complete description of genus one solutions, including geometrically interesting special cases such a…

Paper studies rigidity of translation surfaces in 3D sphere using quaternionic product.

It is known that the so-called rotation minimizing (RM) frames allow for a simple and elegant characterization of geodesic spherical curves in Euclidean, hyperbolic, and spherical spaces through a certain linear equation involving the coefficients that dictate the RM frame motion (da Silva, da Silva in Mediterr J Math …

Study of curve shortening flow for twisted curves, defining curvature-torsion entropy.

Quaternionic curves with specific torsion properties don't exist.

The paper extends Ruh-Vilms theorem to hypersurfaces in Weitzenböck geometry.

We study a generalization of constant Gauss curvature -1 surfaces in Euclidean 3-space, based on Lorentzian harmonic maps, that we call pseudospherical frontals. We analyze the singularities of these surfaces, dividing them into those of characteristic and non-characteristic type. We give methods for constructing all n…

The energy minimization problem associated to uniform, isotropic, linearly elastic rods leads to a geometric variational problem for the rod centerline, whose solutions include closed, knotted curves. We give a complete description of the space of closed and quasiperiodic solutions. The quasiperiodic curves are paramet…

Formula for analytic torsion forms in fibrations by projective curves.

Study counts and equidistributes geodesic orbits on curved spaces.

In classical differential geometry, the problem of the determination of the position vector of an arbitrary space curve according to the intrinsic equations $κ=κ(s)$ and $τ=τ(s)$ (where $κ$ and $τ$ are the curvature and torsion of the space curve $ψ$, respectively) is still open \cite{eisenh, lips}. However, in the cas…

Extends curve theory to non-smooth data with finite curvature and torsion.

New group-theoretic Johnson classes applied to curves with torsion Ceresa classes.

In this study, we give definitions and characterizations of eikonal slant helix curves, eikonal Darboux helices and non-normed eikonal Darboux helices in three dimensional Riemannian manifold 3 M . We show that every eikonal slant helix is also an eikonal Darboux helix. Furthermore, we obtain that if the curve a is a n…

Study of curves and surfaces in Riemannian spaces making a constant angle with a parallel transported direction.

We study pseudoholomorphic curves in the nearly Kalher $\mathbf{CP}^3$. It is shown that a class of curves called null-torsion are in one to one correspondence with the integrals of a holomorphic contact system on the usual Kahler $\mathbb{CP}^3$ studied by Bryant. Browing Bryant's result we get plenty of such curves. …

New connections share geodesics with superintegrable systems.

Study on null-torsion holomorphic curves in 6-sphere, focusing on their second variation.

In classical curve theory, the geometry of a curve in three dimensions is essentially characterized by their invariants, curvature and torsion. When they are given, the problem of finding a corresponding curve is known as 'solving natural equations'. Explicit solutions are known only for a handful of curve classes, inc…

The abstract aims to generalize classical curve concepts to uniquely define complex curves.

The study characterizes helices in Euclidean and hyperbolic spaces.

New proofs given for space curves with totally positive torsion.

Study path geometries with constant torsion and cone structures.

A linkage mechanism consists of rigid bodies assembled by joints which can be used to translate and transfer motion from one form in one place to another. In this paper, we are particularly interested in a family of spacial linkage mechanisms which consist of $n$-copies of a rigid body joined together by hinges to form…

Constructs coordinate systems from spectral curve sheaves.

In this paper, we introduce the pseudo-torsion functions along spacelike curves whose curvature vector field has isolated lightlike points in Lorentz-Minkowski 3-space, and prove the fundamental theorem. Moreover, we analyze the behavior of the torsion function at such points. As a corollary, we obtain a necessary and …