On the theorem of natural equations of a curve (Q1963373)

The article under review is devoted to some sharpenings of the main result of the author's previous publication [Sib. Math. J. 38, 411-427 (1997; Zbl 0870.53003)], where necessary and sufficient conditions were established for the existence of a standard path \( \gamma\: J_{\gamma} \to E^n_l\), \(n \geq 2\), in the \( n \)-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space of an arbitrary index \( l \) with prescribed curvatures \( \kappa_1 , \ldots , \kappa_{n-1} \) and an admissible signature. The new results are as follows: 1. The subdomain \( J^+_{\gamma} = \{ t \in J_{\gamma} \mid \kappa_{n-1} (t) > 0 \} \) is either an open interval or empty. 2. Given the curvatures \( \kappa_1 , \ldots , \kappa_{n-1} \) and an admissible signature, the standard path \( \gamma \) in \( E^n_l \) is determined up to congruence. 3. If a standard path in the space \( E \) possesses curvatures \( \kappa_1 , \ldots , \kappa_{n-1} \), \( n \geq 3 \), then each of the curvatures \( \kappa_1 , \ldots , \kappa_{n-2} \) has a primitive. This result holds for every dimension, in particular, for \( \dim E = \infty \). 4. A standard path lies in some \( (n-1) \)-dimensional plane if and only if \( \kappa_{n-1} \equiv 0 \) and the vector \(\vec \kappa_{n-1}(t)\) of the Frenet \((n-1)\)-frame is not isotropic for every \(t\).