Abstract

We consider transformations preserving asymptotic directions of surfaces in Minkowski 3-space and show that a transformation preserves the asymptotic directions of a surface if only if it is the projective one. Therefore, we obtain a characterization of the projective transformation.

DOI

10.3906/mat-1402-12

Keywords

Minkowski space, asymptotic direction, projective transformation

First Page

896

Last Page

904

Recommended Citation

ALAGÖZ, Y (2014). A characterization of the projective transformation in Minkowski 3-space. Turkish Journal of Mathematics 38 (5): 896-904. https://doi.org/10.3906/mat-1402-12

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