Principal normal indicatrices of closed space curves (Q1282287)

The paper first recalls the Frenet apparatus and a theorem due to \textit{J. Weiner} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., III. Ser. 62, 54-76 (1991; Zbl 0724.53036)] and \textit{B. Solomon} [Am. Math. Mon. 103, 30-39 (1996; Zbl 0881.53004)], that a principal normal indicatrix of a closed space curve with non vanishing curvature has integrated geodesic curvature zero and contains no subarc with integrated geodesic curvature \(\pi\). The author then proves the inverse of the Weiner-Solomon theorem. Namely, for a regular closed \(\mathcal{C}^{2}\)-curve \(N\) on the unit 2-sphere with integrated geodesic curvature zero one has: if \(N\) has a positive regularity index, then \(N\) is a principal normal indicatrix of a closed space curve. He explains, considering curves with nutation zero as an example, that the assumption (in the main theorem) on the regularity index being positive cannot be weakened.