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Zbl 1204.53003
Kula, Levent; Ekmekci, Nejat; Yayl i, Yusuf; İlarslan, Kazim
Characterizations of slant helices in Euclidean 3-space.
(English)
[J] Turk. J. Math. 34, No. 2, 261-274 (2010). ISSN 1300-0098; ISSN 1303-6149/e

In Euclidean 3-space, a smooth curve $\gamma$ with non zero curvature is a slant helix if the principal normal lines of $\gamma$ make a constant angle with a fixed direction. Moreover, $\gamma$ is a slant helix if and only if the geodesic curvature of the spherical image of the principal normal indicatrix of $\gamma$ is constant [see {\it S. Izumiya} and {\it N. Takeuchi}, Turk. J. Math. 28, No.~2, 153--163 (2004; Zbl 1081.53003)]. The authors prove some sufficient and necessary conditions for a curve $\gamma$ to be a slant helix by using the tangent indicatrix, the principal normal indicatrix and the binormal indicatrix of $\gamma$, as well as the vector fields of their respective Frenet frames. Then, they find the general equation of a slant helix taking into account that the tangent indicatrix of a slant helix is a spherical helix [see {\it L. Kula} and {\it Y. Yayli}, Appl. Math. Comput. 169, No.~1, 600--607 (2005; Zbl 1083.53006)] and integrating the equation of a spherical helix obtained by {\it J. Monterde} [Bol. Soc. Mat. Mex., III. Ser. 13, No.~1, 177--186 (2007; Zbl 1177.53015]. Finally, the pictures of some slant helices and their tangent and principal normal indicatrices are drawn.
MSC 2000:
*53A04 Curves in Euclidean space

Keywords: slant helix; spherical helix; tangent indicatrix; principal normal indicatrix; binormal indicatrix

Citations: Zbl 1081.53003; Zbl 1083.53006; Zbl 1177.53015

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