Generic properties of helices and Bertrand curves (Q1865874)
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Generic properties of helices and Bertrand curves (English)
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4 March 2004
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The aim of this paper is the study of generic properties of cylindrical helices and Bertrand curves as applications of singularity theory for plane curves and spherical curves. For a plane curve \(\vec \gamma(t)\) the authors consider the curve \[ \vec {\widetilde\gamma} =\vec \gamma (t)+ (\cot\theta \int^1_{t_0} \bigl\|\vec \gamma(\tau) \bigr\|d\tau)\vec \alpha+ \vec c \] where \(\theta\) is a constant and \(\vec\alpha\), \(\vec c\) constant vectors with \(\dot{\vec\gamma} (t).\vec\alpha =0\) and \(\|\vec\alpha \|=1\). Theorem: ``\(\vec\gamma\) is a cylincrical helix. Moreover all cylindrical helices can be constructed by the above method''. Let \(\vec\gamma: I \to S^2\) be a unit speed spherical curve, \[ \vec{\widetilde \gamma}=\alpha \int^\sigma_{\sigma_0} \vec\gamma (\tau)d\tau+ \alpha\cot\theta \int^\sigma_{ \sigma_0} \vec s(\tau) d\tau+\vec c \] where \(\alpha,0\) are constants \(\vec c\) is a constant vector and \(\vec s=\vec \gamma\times\vec t\), \(\vec t=\dot {\vec \gamma}\). Theorem: ``\(\vec{\widetilde\gamma}\) is a Bertrand curve and all Bertrand curves can be constructed by the above method''.
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Bertrand curves
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spherical curves
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plane curve
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