Position vectors of slant helices in Euclidean 3-space

In this paper, position vector of a slant helix with respect to standard frame in Euclidean space E³ is studied in terms of Frenet equations. First, a vector differential equation of third order is constructed to determine a position vector of an arbitrary slant helix. In terms of solution, we determine the parametric representation of the slant helices from the intrinsic equations. Thereafter, we apply this method to find the parametric representation of a Salkowski curve, anti-Salkowski curve and a curve of constant precession, as examples of a slant helices, by means of intrinsic equations.     

Position vectors of spacelike general helices in Minkowski 3-space

In this paper, the position vectors of a spacelike general helix with respect to the standard frame in Minkowski space are studied in terms of the Frenet equations. First, a vector differential equation of third order is constructed to determine the position vectors of an arbitrary spacelike general helix. In terms of solution, we determine the parametric representation of the general helices from the intrinsic equations. Moreover, we give some examples to illustrate how to find the position vectors of spacelike general helices with a spacelike and timelike principal normal vector.     

Contributions to differential geometry of isotropic curves in the complex space

This work deals with classical differential geometry of isotropic curves in the complex space C⁴. First, we study spherical isotropic curves and pseudo helices. Besides, in this section we introduce some special isotropic helices (type-1, type-2 and type-3 isotropic slant helices) and express some characterizations of them in terms of É. Cartan equations. Thereafter, we prove that position vector of an isotropic curve satisfies a vector differential equation of fourth order. Finally, we investigate position vector of an arbitrary curve with respect to É. Cartan frame by a system of complex differential equations whose solution gives components of the position vector. Solutions of the mentioned system and vector differential equation have not yet been found. Therefore, in terms of special cases, we present some special characterizations.     

On Darboux helices in Euclidean 4‐space

The notion of Darboux helix in Euclidean 3‐space was introduced and studied by Yayl? et al. 2012. They show that the class of Darboux helices coincide with the class of slant helices. In a special case, if the curvature functions satisfy the equality κ² + τ² = constant, then these curves are curve of the constant precession. In this paper, we study Darboux helices in Euclidean 4‐space, and we give a characterization for a curve to be a Darboux helix. We also prove that Darboux helices coincide with the general helices. In a special case, if the first and third curvatures of the curve are equal, then Darboux helix, general helix, and V₄‐slant helix are the same concepts.     

On the Quaternionic B 2-Slant Helices in the Euclidean Space E 4

In this paper we give a new definition of harmonic curvature functions in terms of B ₂ and we define a new kind of slant helix which we call quaternionic B ₂–slant helix in 4–dimensional Euclidean space E ⁴ by using the new harmonic curvature functions. Also we define a vector field D which we call Darboux quaternion of the real quaternionic B ₂–slant helix in 4–dimensional Euclidean space E ⁴ and we give a new characterization such as: "a: I ì \mathbb R ? E⁴{``\alpha : I \subset {\mathbb R} \rightarrow E^4} is a quaternionic B ₂–slant helix ${\Leftrightarrow H^\prime_2 -KH_{1} = 0"}${\Leftrightarrow H^\prime_2 -KH_{1} = 0"} where H ₂, H ₁ are harmonic curvature functions and K is the principal curvature function of the curve α.     

Slant Curves in 3-dimensional Normal Almost Contact Geometry

The aim of this paper is to study slant curves of three-dimensional normal almost contact manifolds as natural generalization of Legendre curves. Such a curve is characterized by means of the scalar product between its normal vector field and the Reeb vector field of the ambient space. In the particular case of a helix we show that it has a proper (non-harmonic) mean curvature vector field. The general expressions of the curvature and torsion of these curves and the associated Lancret invariant are computed as well as the corresponding variants for some particular cases, namely β-Sasakian and cosymplectic. A class of examples is discussed for a normal not quasi-Sasakian 3-manifold.     

Spacelike helices in Minkowski 4-space $${E_1^4 }$$

In this paper, we give some characterizations for spacelike helices in Minkowski space–time E₁⁴{E_1^4}. We find the differential equations characterizing the spacelike helices and also give the integral characterizations for these curves in Minkowski space–time E₁⁴{E_1^4}.     

General Helices with Timelike Slope Axis in Minkowski 3-Space

In the present paper, we consider the general helices in Minkowski 3-space to have a constant timelike slope axis. As a result, we show that there exists no pseudo null helix with constant timelike slope axis or spacelike helix with timelike principal normal and constant timelike slope axis. Moreover, we obtain the parametric equations of spacelike helix with spacelike principal normal, timelike helix and null Cartan helix with timelike slope axis. We also give some related examples and their figures.     

Pseudo-spherical Darboux images and lightcone images of principal-directional curves of nonlightlike curves in Minkowski 3-space

Choosing an alternative frame, which is the Frenet frame of the principal-directional curve along a nonlightlike Frenet curve γ , we define de Sitter Darboux images, hyperbolic Darboux images, and lightcone images generated by the principal directional curves of nonlightlike Frenet curves and investigate geometric properties of these associated curves under considerations of singularity theory, contact, and Legendrian duality. It is shown that pseudo-spherical Darboux images and lightcone images can occur singularities (ordinary cusp) characterized by some important invariants. More interestingly, the cusp is closely related to the contact between nonlightlike Frenet curve γ and a slant helix, the principal-directional curve ψ of γ and a helix or the principal-directional curve ψ and a slant helix. In addition, some relations of Legendrian dualities between C-curves and pseudo-spherical Darboux images or lightcone images are shown. Some concrete examples are provided to illustrate our results.     

Intrinsic equations of rotational gas flows

Considering a vortex line as aC ³ curve inE ³, equations governing the flow of a steady, compressible gas are expressed in the intrinsic form. These intrinsic relations are applied to derive some geometric properties of rotational motions, and to study a class of flows whose vortex lines form a family of helices on right circular cylinders.     

Induced generalized <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>-space-form structures on submanifolds

We study non-anti-invariant slant submanifolds of generalized S-space-forms with two structure vector felds in order to know if they inherit the ambient structure. In this context, we focus on totally geodesic, totally umbilical, totally ƒ-geodesic and totally ƒ-umbilical non-anti-invariant slant submanifolds and obtain some obstructions. Moreover, we present some new interesting examples of generalized S-space-forms.     

Geometric classification of warped products isometrically immersed into Sasakian space forms

The main objective of this paper is to study the warped product pointwise semi‐slant submanifolds which are isometrically immersed into Sasakian manifolds. First, we prove some characterizations results in terms of the shape operator, under which influence a pointwise semi‐slant submanifold of a Sasakian manifold can be reduced to a warped product submanifold. Then, we determine a geometric inequality for the second fundamental form regarding to intrinsic invariant and extrinsic invariant using the Gauss equation instead of the Codazzi equation. Evenmore, we give some applications of this inequality into Sasakian space forms, and we will investigate the status of equalities in the inequality. As a particular case, we provide numerous applications of the Green lemma, the Laplacian of warped functions and some partial differential equations. Some triviality results for connected, compact warped product pointwise semi‐slant submanifolds of Sasakian space form by means of Hamiltonian and the kinetic energy of warped function involving boundary conditions are established.     

Slant Lightlike Submanifolds of Indefinite Cosymplectic Manifolds

In this paper, we introduce the notion of a slant lightlike submanifold of an indefinite Cosymplectic manifold. We provide a nontrivial example and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a slant lightlike submanifold. Also, we give an example of a minimal slant lightlike submanifold of R⁹₂{R^{9}_{2}} and prove some characterization Theorems.     

Hybrid procedures for solving some unconstrained nonlinear optimization problems

The vector -algorithm is a generalization of Aitken Δ²-process to the vector case. It has been used for solving a system of linear and nonlinear equations. The acceleration properties of the hybrid procedures have been also studied for solving a system of linear equations. In this paper, we consider the vector -algorithm and hybrid procedures for solving some unconstrained nonlinear optimization problems. A convergence acceleration result is established and numerical examples are given.     

Classification of quasi-minimal slant surfaces in Lorentzian complex space forms

From J-action point of views, slant surfaces are the simplest and the most natural surfaces of a (Lorentzian) Kähler surface (\(\tilde M,\tilde g\), J). Slant surfaces arise naturally and play some important roles in the studies of surfaces of Kähler surfaces (see, for instance, [13]). In this article, we classify quasi-minimal slant surfaces in the Lorentzian complex plane C ₁ ² . More precisely, we prove that there exist five large families of quasi-minimal proper slant surfaces in C ₁ ² . Conversely, quasi-minimal slant surfaces in C ₁ ² are either Lagrangian or locally obtained from one of the five families. Moreover, we prove that quasi-minimal slant surfaces in a non-flat Lorentzian complex space form are Lagrangian.     

Biharmonic curves in 3-dimensional Sasakian space forms

We show that every proper biharmonic curve in a 3-dimensional Sasakian space form of constant holomorphic sectional curvature H is a helix (both of whose geodesic curvature and geodesic torsion are constants). In particular, if H ≠  1, then it is a slant helix, that is, a helix which makes constant angle α with the Reeb vector field with the property . Moreover, we construct parametric equations of proper biharmonic herices in Bianchi–Cartan–Vranceanu model spaces of a Sasakian space form.      

A characterization of affine spheres in R 4

A surface immersed in R ⁴ is called a proper affine sphere if the position vector belongs to the affine normal plane. We classify proper affine spheres with ?^?? g ^??=0 whose affine mean curvature vector has constant length. Moreover, we find some concrete examples of affine spheres which are not affine umbilical.     

Commutativity of kth‐order slant Toeplitz operators

In this paper, commutativity of k^th‐order slant Toeplitz operators are discussed. We show that commutativity and essential commutativity of two slant Toeplitz operators are the same. Also, we study k^th‐order slant Toeplitz operators on the Bergman space L²_a(D) and give some commuting properties, algebraic and spectral properties of k^th‐order slant Toeplitz operators on the Bergman space (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)