Construction of a surface pencil with a common special surface curve

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Manisa Celal Bayar University, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, 45140, MANISA, TURKEY

2 INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER, DELIBEKIRLI VILLAGE, 31440, KIRIKHAN, HATAY, TURKEY

Abstract

In this study, we introduce a new type of surface curves called D-type curve. This curve is defined by the property that the unit Darboux vector W0 of a surface curve r(s) and unit surface normal n along the curve r(s) satisfy the condition n,W0=constant. We point out that a D-type curve is a geodesic curve or an asymptotic curve in some special cases. Then, by using the Frenet vectors and parametric representation of a surface pencil as a linear combination of the Frenet vectors, we investigate necessary and sufficient condition for a curve to be a D-type curve on a surface pencil. Moreover, we introduce some corollaries by considering the D-type curve as a helix, a Salkowski curve or a planar curve. Finally, we give some examples for the obtained results.

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