Conformal arc-length as 1 2 -dimensional length of the set of osculating circles

DOI10.4171/CMH/196zbMATH Open1213.53015arXiv0803.1060MaRDI QIDQ2269702FDOQ2269702

Authors: Rémi Langevin, Jun O'Hara 

Publication date: 17 March 2010

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The set of osculating circles of a given curve in $S{S}^3$ forms a curve in the set of oriented circles in $S{S}^3$. We show that its "$frac12$-dimensional measure" with respect to the pseudo-Riemannian structure of the set of circles is proportional to the conformal arc-length of the original curve, which is a conformally invariant local quantity discovered in the first half of the last century.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1060

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zbMATH Keywords

isotropic curveGrassmannianosculating circleconformal arc-lengthspace of circles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

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