Timelike and null normal curves in Minkowski space \(\mathbb{E}_1^3\) (Q1886956)

The authors generalize a construction known from curves in Euclidean 3-space to \(2+1\)-dimensional Minkowski space-time. First, they give the analogous meanings to the old notions curvature and torsion; and osculating plane, rectifying plane, and normal plane. Then they consider the special case, that for a curve in the \(2+1\)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, the position vector always lies in the normal plane. Several characterizations of this situation are given.