On developable ruled surfaces

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Abstract: In this study, we have obtained the distribution parameter of a ruled surface generated by a straight line in Frenet trihedron moving along a timelike curve and also along another curve with the same parameter. At this time, the Frenet frames of these timelike curves are not the same. We have moved the director vector of the first curve along the second curve. It is shown that the ruled surface is developable if and only if the base timelike curve is helix. In addition, some smilarities and differences are presented with theorems and results.


The authors study ruled surfaces obtained from the motion of the Frenet frame \(\{T,N,B\}\) of one curve \(\alpha\) along a second curve \(\beta\). The ruled surfaces in question have \(\beta\) as director line and the direction \(X\) of a ruling is fixed in the moving Frenet frame of \(\alpha\). Particular emphasis is put on the cases where \(X\) is one of the Frenet basis vectors. After providing criteria for the developability of these ruled surfaces, the authors compute certain differential invariants like harmonic curvature, angle of pitch, length of pitch and the distribution parameter.











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