On Fenchel's problem

DOI10.1007/BF02274663MaRDI QIDQ1905315zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Y. Nikolayevsky

Publication date 8 January 1996

Published in Mathematical Notes (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02274663

zbMATH Keywords

closedness of a space curveFenchel's problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

Review text

The author considers the problem to find a criterion for the closedness of a curve of length \(\omega\) on a unit sphere in \(E^3\) by its geodesic curvature \(k(t)\) as a function of the natural parameter \(t\). This problem is related to Fenchel's problem of constructing criteria for the closedness of a space curve by given curvature and torsion as functions of the natural parameter. In this context the author proves two theorems and confirms the opinion that it is impossible to solve Fenchel's problem effectively.

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