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In this paper, it is proved that, no special timelike Frenet curve is a Bertrand curve in $\mathbb{E}_2^4$ and also, in $\mathbb{E}_\nu^{n+1}$ $ ({n \ge 3})$, such that the notion of Bertrand curve is definite only in $\mathbb{E}_1^2$ and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-03-28 Soley Ersoy , Murat Tosun

A curve has the increasing chord property if for any points $a,b,c,d$ in this order on the curve, the distance of $a,d$ is not smaller than that of $b,c$. Answering a conjecture of Larman and McMullen, Rote proved in 1994 that the arclength…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Zsolt Lángi , Sára Lengyel

In this note, we first prove that the solution of mean curvature flow on a finite time interval $[0,T)$ can be extended over time $T$ if the space-time integration of the norm of the second fundamental form is finite. Secondly, we prove…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-05-11 Hong-Wei Xu , Fei Ye , En-Tao Zhao

Tutte proved that every 3-connected graph on more than 4 nodes has a contractible edge. Barnette and Gruenbaum proved the existence of a removable edge in the same setting. We show that the sequence of contractions and the sequence of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-02-03 Jens M. Schmidt

The subject of limit curve theorems in Lorentzian geometry is reviewed. A general limit curve theorem is formulated which includes the case of converging curves with endpoints and the case in which the limit points assigned since the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 E. Minguzzi

We prove that for compact, non-contractible, one dimensional geodesic spaces, a version of the marked length spectrum conjecture holds. For a compact one dimensional geodesic space X, we define a subspace Conv(X). When X is…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-21 David Constantine , Jean-François Lafont

A curve $\gamma$ that connects $s$ and $t$ has the increasing chord property if $|bc| \leq |ad|$ whenever $a,b,c,d$ lie in that order on $\gamma$. For planar curves, the length of such a curve is known to be at most $2\pi/3 \cdot |st|$.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Adrian Dumitrescu , Zsolt Lángi

We prove that a metric measure space $(X,d,m)$ satisfying finite dimensional lower Ricci curvature bounds and whose Sobolev space $W^{1,2}$ is Hilbert is rectifiable. That is, a $RCD^*(K,N)$-space is rectifiable, and in particular for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-05-08 Andrea Mondino , Aaron Naber

The (chordal) Loewner differential equation encodes certain curves in the half-plane (aka traces) by continuous real-valued driving functions. Not all curves are traces; the latter can be defined via a geometric condition called the local…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Yizheng Yuan

We show that there is a point on a computable arc that does not belong to any computable rectifiable curve. We also show that there is a point on a computable rectifiable curve with computable length that does not belong to any computable…

Logic · Mathematics 2011-06-17 Timothy H. McNicholl

In this paper, we give the generalization of the criterion for a 3-space curve to be closed given by [3] to an n-space curve in Minkowski space-time E_v^n. Furthermore, we apply this criterion for a curve lying on an oriented surface in the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-05-17 Zehra Ari , Mehmet Önder

In this paper we give an upper bound on the number of rational points on an irreducible curve $C$ of degree $\delta$ defined over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ lying on a Frobenius classical surface $S$ embedded in $\mathbb{P}^3$. This…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-05-16 Elena Berardini , Jade Nardi

Let $\gamma: I \to S^2$ be a $C^2$ curve with $\det(\gamma, \gamma', \gamma'')$ nonvanishing, and for each $\theta \in I$ let $\rho_{\theta}$ be orthogonal projection onto the span of $\gamma(\theta)$. It is shown that if $A \subseteq…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-08-14 Terence L. J. Harris

We study the question of what is computable by Turing machines equipped with time travel into the past; i.e., with Deutschian closed timelike curves (CTCs) having no bound on their width or length. An alternative viewpoint is that we study…

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 address the problem of reconstructing a curve from the lengths of its projections onto lines. We first note that the curve itself is not uniquely determined from these measurements. However, we find that a curve determines…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-02-12 James Vargo

A graph is called primitive if its automorphism group acts primitively on the vertex set. In this paper, we prove a classification of the possible distance sequences of locally infinite primitive graphs. In particular we show that if a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-24 Katalin Berlow

Let $X$ be a minuscule homogeneous space, an odd quadric, or an adjoint homogenous space of type different from $A$ and $G_2$. Le $C$ be an elliptic curve. In this paper, we prove that for $d$ large enough, the scheme of degree $d$…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-05-27 Boris Pasquier , Nicolas Perrin

The classical isoperimetric inequality can be extended to a general normed plane. In the Euclidean plane, the defect in the isoperimetric inequality can be calculated in terms of the signed areas of some singular sets. In this paper we…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-23 Rafael Segadas dos Santos , Marcos Craizer

The free space diagram is a popular tool to compute the well-known Fr\'echet distance. As the Fr\'echet distance is used in many different fields, many variants have been established to cover the specific needs of these applications. Often,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Hugo A. Akitaya , Maike Buchin , Majid Mirzanezhad , Leonie Ryvkin , Carola Wenk