ccc-Autoevolutes
Differential Geometry
2021-02-08 v2
Abstract
ccc-Autoevolutes are closed constant curvature space curves which are their own evolutes. A modified Frenet equation produces constant curvature curves such that the curve on is congruent to the evolute on and vice versa. Closed curves are then congruent to their evolutes. If the ruled surface spanned by the principal normals between curve and evolute is a M\"obius band then the curve is its own evolute. We use symmetries to construct closed curves by solving 2-parameter problems numerically. The smallest autoevolute which we found is a trefoil knot parametrized by three periods .Our smallest closed solution of the ODE is parametrized by two periods.
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@article{arxiv.2102.00832,
title = {ccc-Autoevolutes},
author = {Hermann Karcher and Ekkehard-H. Tjaden},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.00832},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Reference corrected. 5 pages, 11 figures, 1 ODE