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Construction of a surface pencil with a common special surface curve

Differential Geometry 2017-07-20 v2

Abstract

In this study, we introduce a new type of surface curves called D-type curve. This curve is defined by the property that the unit Darboux vector W0 of a space curve r(s) and unit surface normal n along the curve r(s) satisfy the condition <n,W0>=constant. We point out that a D-type curve is a geodesic curve or an asymptotic curve in some special cases. Then, by using the Frenet vectors and parametric representation of a surface pencil as a linear combination of the Frenet vectors, we investigate necessary and sufficient condition for a curve to be a D-type curve on a surface pencil. Moreover, we introduce some corollaries by considering D-type curve as a helix, a Salkowski curve or a planar curve. Finally, we give some examples for obtained results and plot the surfaces by using Mapple.

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@article{arxiv.1603.00735,
  title  = {Construction of a surface pencil with a common special surface curve},
  author = {Onur Kaya and Mehmet Önder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.00735},
  year   = {2017}
}

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12 pages, 8 figures