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Closed Constant Curvature Space Curves

Differential Geometry 2020-04-23 v1

Abstract

We use ODEs and symmetry arguments to construct closed constant curvature space curves, first on cylinders, next on tori, at last with the Frenet-Serret equations.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2004.10284,
  title  = {Closed Constant Curvature Space Curves},
  author = {Hermann Karcher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.10284},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

7 pages with 8 figures. Earlier examples were pieced together from circle segments and helix segments

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