Closed curves in \((\mathbb R^3)\) with prescribed curvature and torsion in perturbative cases. I: Necessary condition and study of the unperturbed problem (Q997575)
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English | Closed curves in \((\mathbb R^3)\) with prescribed curvature and torsion in perturbative cases. I: Necessary condition and study of the unperturbed problem |
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Closed curves in \((\mathbb R^3)\) with prescribed curvature and torsion in perturbative cases. I: Necessary condition and study of the unperturbed problem (English)
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7 August 2007
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Summary: We study the problem of \((\kappa, \tau)\)-loops, i.e. closed curves in the three-dimensional Euclidean space, with prescribed curvature \(\kappa\) and torsion \(\tau\). We state a necessary condition for the existence of a bounded sequence of \((\kappa_{n}, \tau_{n})\)-loops when the functions \(\kappa_n\) and \(\tau_n\) converge to the constants 1 and 0, respectively. Moreover we prove some Fredholm-type properties for the ``unperturbed'' problem, with \(\kappa \equiv 1\) and \(\tau \equiv 0\).
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prescribed curvature and torsion
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perturbative methods
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Fredholm operators
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