A new approach on constant angle surfaces in $Bbb{E}^3$

A new approach on constant angle surfaces in $Bbb{E}^3$

In this paper we study constant angle surfaces in Euclidean 3-space. Even that the result is a consequence of some classical results involving the Gauss map (of the surface), we give another approach to classify all surfaces for which the unit normal makes a constant angle with a fixed direction.

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