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Intrinsic equations for a relaxed elastic line of second kind in Minkowski 3-space

Differential Geometry 2016-01-20 v2

Abstract

Let α\alpha be an arc on a connected oriented surface SS in Minkowski 3-space, parameterized by arc length ss, with torsion τ\tau and length ll. The total square torsion HH of α\alpha is defined by % H=\int_{0}^{l}\tau ^{2}ds. The arc is called a relaxed elastic line of second kind if it is an extremal for the variational problem of minimizing the value of HH within the family of all arcs of length ll on SS having the same initial point and initial direction as α\alpha . In this study, we obtain differential equation and boundary conditions for a relaxed elastic line of second kind on an oriented surface in Minkowski 3-space.

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@article{arxiv.1306.4670,
  title  = {Intrinsic equations for a relaxed elastic line of second kind in Minkowski 3-space},
  author = {Ergin Bayram and Emin Kasap},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.4670},
  year   = {2016}
}

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arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1306.4431