Forward curvatures on time scales (Q554947): Difference between revisions

From the introduction: In recent years there have been a few research activities concerning the application of differential geometry on time scales. In [Turk. J. Math. 25, No.~4, 553--562 (2001; Zbl 0996.53002)], \textit{G. Sh. Guseinov} and \textit{I. Özyılmaz} defined the notions of forward tangent line, \(\Delta\)-regular curve, and natural \(\Delta\)-parametrization. Furthermore, in [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 326, No.~2, 1124--1141 (2007; Zbl 1118.26009], \textit{M. Bohner} and \textit{G. Sh. Guseinov} introduced the concept of a curve parametrized by a time scale parameter and gave integral formulas for computing its length in the plane. They established a version of the classical Green formula suitable to time scales. The general idea of this paper is to study forward curvature of curves where in the parametric equations the parameter varies in a time scale. We present the ``differential'' part of classical differential geometry on time scale calculus. The new results generalize the well-known formulas stated in classical differential geometry. We illustrate our results by applying them to various kinds of time scales.