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We introduce the Frenet theory of curves in dual space $\d^3$. After defining the curvature and the torsion of a curve, we classify all curves in dual plane with constant curvature. We also establish the fundamental theorem of existence in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-02 Rafael López

A curve is rectifying if it lies on a moving hyperplane orthogonal to its curvature vector. In this work, we extend the main result of [Chen 2017, Tamkang J. Math. 48, 209] to any space dimension: we prove that rectifying curves are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-09-22 Luiz C. B. da Silva , Gilson S. Ferreira

In this paper, we study families of immersed curves $\gamma:(-1,1)\times[0,T)\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^2$ with free boundary supported on parallel lines $\{\eta_1, \eta_2\}:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^2$ evolving by the curve diffusion flow…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-20 Glen Wheeler , Valentina-Mira Wheeler

A simple closed curve $\gamma$ in the real projective plane $P^2$ is called anti-convex if for each point $p$ on the curve, there exists a line which is transversal to the curve and meets the curve only at $p$. We shall prove the relation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gudlaugur Thorbergsson , Masaaki Umehara

The study of stable minimal surfaces in Riemannian $3$-manifolds $(M, g)$ with non-negative scalar curvature has a rich history. In this paper, we prove rigidity of such surfaces when $(M, g)$ is asymptotically flat and has horizon…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-12-21 Alessandro Carlotto , Otis Chodosh , Michael Eichmair

Curves in ${\mathbb R}^n$ for which the ratios between two consecutive curvatures are constant are characterized by the fact that their tangent indicatrix is a geodesic in a flat torus. For $n= 3,4$, spherical curves of this kind are also…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. Monterde

We consider the curves whose all normal planes are at the same distance from a fixed point and obtain some characterizations of them in the 3-dimensional Euclidean space.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-05-12 Yasemin Alagoz

In this paper we study the curvature flow of a curve in a plane endowed with a minkowskian norm whose unit ball is smooth. We show that many of the properties known in the euclidean case can be extended (with due adaptations) to this new…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-15 Vitor Balestro , Marcos Craizer , Ralph C. Teixeira

We consider embedded, smooth curves in the plane which are either closed or asymptotic to two lines. We study their behaviour under curve shortening flow with a global forcing term. Firstly, we prove an analogue to Huisken's distance…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Friederike Dittberner

In this paper, we investigate the geometric invariant properties of a normal curve on a smooth immersed surface under conformal transformation. We obtain an invariant-sufficient condition for the conformal image of a normal curve. We also…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2019-08-12 Mohamd Saleem Lone

A theorem, giving necessary and sufficient condition for naked singularity formation in spherically symmetric non static spacetimes under hypotheses of physical acceptability, is formulated and proved. The theorem relates existence of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 Roberto Giambo' , Fabio Giannoni , Giulio Magli , Paolo Piccione

Let $\gamma_0$ be a curve on a surface $\Sigma$ of genus $g$ and with $r$ boundary components and let $\pi_1(\Sigma)\curvearrowright X$ be a discrete and cocompact action on some metric space. We study the asymptotic behavior of the number…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-12-23 Viveka Erlandsson , Hugo Parlier , Juan Souto

We first prove that, unlike the biharmonic case, there exist triharmonic curves with nonconstant curvature in a suitable Riemannian manifold of arbitrary dimension. We then give the complete classification of triharmonic curves in surfaces…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-06 Stefano Montaldo , Alvaro Pampano

We investigate the motion of closed smooth curves that evolve in space $\mathbb{R}^3$. The governing evolutionary equation for the evolution of the curve is accompanied by a parabolic equation for the scalar quantity evaluated over the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Michal Benes , Miroslav Kolar , Daniel Sevcovic

We establish a general `gluing theorem', which states roughly that if two nondegenerate constant mean curvature surfaces are juxtaposed, so that their tangent planes are parallel and very close to one another, but oppositely oriented, then…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Rafe Mazzeo , Frank Pacard , Daniel Pollack

Motivated by Nirenberg's problem on isometric rigidity of tight surfaces, we study closed asymptotic curves $\Gamma$ on negatively curved surfaces $M$ in Euclidean $3$-space. In particular, using C\u{a}lug\u{a}reanu's theorem, we obtain a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-12 Mohammad Ghomi , Matteo Raffaelli

We study Lagrangian points on smooth holomorphic curves in T${\mathbb P}^1$ equipped with a natural neutral K\"ahler structure, and prove that they must form real curves. By virtue of the identification of T${\mathbb P}^1$ with the space…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-15 Brendan Guilfoyle , Madeeha Khalid , José J. Ramón-Marí

There is a conjecture, that the torsionfreeness of the module of differentials in a point of an algebraic or algebroid curve should imply that the curve is non singular at that point. A report on the main results is given.

alg-geom · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Robert W. Berger

Classical-particle trajectories are calculated for the static Einstein universe without requiring that the 3-space be closed and curved. Freely-moving test particles are found to return to their starting positions because of strong…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-07 F. R. Klinkhamer

In this paper we extend Efimov's Theorem by proving that any complete surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with Gauss curvature bounded above by a negative constant outside a compact set has finite total curvature, finite area and is properly…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-11 José A. Gálvez , Antonio Martínez , José L. Teruel