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Some Characterizations of Cylindrical Helices in $E^n$

Differential Geometry 2009-01-22 v1

Abstract

We consider a unit speed curve α\alpha in Euclidean nn-dimensional space EnE^n and denote the Frenet frame by {v1,...,vn}\{v_1,...,v_n\}. We say that α\alpha is a cylindrical helix if its tangent vector v1v_1 makes a constant angle with a fixed direction UU. In this work we give different characterizations of such curves in terms of their curvatures.

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@article{arxiv.0901.3325,
  title  = {Some Characterizations of Cylindrical Helices in $E^n$},
  author = {Ahmad T. Ali and Rafael López},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.3325},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages