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arxiv: 1509.05170 · v1 · pith:CQROXX2Nnew · submitted 2015-09-17 · 🧮 math.DG

Mannheim Curves in the three-dimensional Sphere

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Mannheim curves are defined for immersed curves in 3-dimensional sphere S^3 . The definition is given by considering the geodesics of S^3. First, two special geodesics, called principal normal geodesic and binormal geodesic, of S^3 are defined by using Frenet vectors of a curve immersed in S^3. Later, the curve alpha is called a Mannheim curve if there exits another curve beta in S^3 such that the principal normal geodesics of beta coincide with the binormal geodesics of S^3 . It is obtained that if alpha and beta form a Mannheim pair then there exist a constant lambda that is not equal 0 and a non-constant function Mu such that Lambda.(kappa_alpha)+M(Tau_alpha)=1 where kappa_alpha, Tau_alpha are the curvatures of alpha. Moreover, the relation between a Mannheim curve immersed in S^3 and a generalized Mannheim curve in E^4 is obtained and a table containing comparison of Bertrand and Mannheim curves in S^3 is introduced.

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