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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1817560
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1817560 |
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23 February 2004
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degenerate curve
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null helix
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Lorentz geometry
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The paper is devoted to degenerate curves in an \(n\)-dimensional Lorentzian manifold. A special Frenet frame, called Cartan frame, is associated with every generic null curve; its curvatures \(k_1\), \(k_2\), \(k_{n-2}\) are called Cartan curvatures. Such a curve with constant Cartan curvatures is called a null helix. The authors classify and present in normal form null helices in a four- or five-dimensional Lorentzian manifold of constant curvature. Further, they introduce the more general \(s\)-degenerate helices. Theorems of existence, uniqueness, and congruence are derived. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0995.00012].
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