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2008 SOME CHARACTERIZATIONS OF NULL, PSEUDO NULL AND PARTIALLY NULL RECTIFYING CURVES IN MINKOWSKI SPACE-TIME
Kazlm ˙Ilarslan, Emilija Neˇsovi´c
Taiwanese J. Math. 12(5): 1035-1044 (2008). DOI: 10.11650/twjm/1500574245

Abstract

In this paper, we define rectifying curves in Minkowski space-time and characterize null, pseudo null and partially null rectifying curves in terms of their curvatures. Also, we give some explicit equations of null, pseudo null and partially null rectifying curves in $E^4_1$.

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Kazlm ˙Ilarslan. Emilija Neˇsovi´c. "SOME CHARACTERIZATIONS OF NULL, PSEUDO NULL AND PARTIALLY NULL RECTIFYING CURVES IN MINKOWSKI SPACE-TIME." Taiwanese J. Math. 12 (5) 1035 - 1044, 2008. https://doi.org/10.11650/twjm/1500574245

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Published: 2008
First available in Project Euclid: 20 July 2017

zbMATH: 1161.53060
MathSciNet: MR2431877
Digital Object Identifier: 10.11650/twjm/1500574245

Subjects:
Primary: 53C40 , 53C50

Keywords: curvature , Minkowski space-time , rectifying curve

Rights: Copyright © 2008 The Mathematical Society of the Republic of China

Vol.12 • No. 5 • 2008
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