A classfication of 3-type curves in Minkowski 3-space . II.
A classical result of A. D. Alexandrov states that a connected compact smooth -dimensional manifold without boundary, embedded in , and such that its mean curvature is constant, is a sphere. Here we study the problem of symmetry of in a hyperplane in case satisfies: for any two points , on , with , the mean curvature at the first is not greater than that at the second. Symmetry need not always hold, but in this paper, we establish it under some additional condition for . Some variations...
Based on the E. Study’s map, a new approach describing instantaneous line congruence during the motion of the Darboux frame on a regular non-spherical and non-developable surface, whose parametric curves are lines of curvature, is proposed. Afterward, the pitch of general line congruence is developed and used for deriving necessary and sufficient condition for instantaneous line congruence to be normal. In terms of this, the derived line congruences and their differential geometric invariants were...
A family of regular annuli is considered. Affine invariants of annuli are introduced.
The classical medial axis and symmetry set of a smooth simple plane curve M, depending as they do on circles bitangent to M, are invariant under euclidean transformations. This article surveys the various ways in which the construction has been adapted to be invariant under affine transformations. They include affine distance and area constructions, and also the 'centre symmetry set' which generalizes central symmetry. A connexion is also made with the tricentre set of a convex plane curve, which...