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December 2001 Bour's Theorem in Minkowski Geometry
Toshihiko IKAWA
Tokyo J. Math. 24(2): 377-394 (December 2001). DOI: 10.3836/tjm/1255958182

Abstract

In three dimensional Minkowski space, we show that a generalized helicoid is isometric to a rotation surface so that helices on the helicoid correspond to parallel circles on the rotation surface. Moreover, if these surfaces have the same Gauss map, we can determine them.

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Toshihiko IKAWA. "Bour's Theorem in Minkowski Geometry." Tokyo J. Math. 24 (2) 377 - 394, December 2001. https://doi.org/10.3836/tjm/1255958182

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Published: December 2001
First available in Project Euclid: 19 October 2009

zbMATH: 1028.53007
MathSciNet: MR1874978
Digital Object Identifier: 10.3836/tjm/1255958182

Rights: Copyright © 2001 Publication Committee for the Tokyo Journal of Mathematics

Vol.24 • No. 2 • December 2001
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