Some characterizations of rectifying curves in the Euclidean space $E^4$

ISSN: 1300-0098
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 6 Sayı
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In this paper, we define a rectifying curve in the Euclidean 4-space as a curve whose position vector always lies in orthogonal complement $N^{perp}$ of its principal normal vector field N. In particular, we study the rectifying curves in $Bbb{E}^4$ and characterize such curves in terms of their curvature functions.

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