Turkish Journal of Mathematics
DOI
10.3906/mat-1904-140
Abstract
Null scrolls, i.e. ruled surfaces whose base curve and rulings are both lightlike (null), are Lorentzian surfaces having no Euclidean counterparts. In this work we present reparametrization of nondegenerate null scroll as a B-scroll, i.e. as a ruled surface whose rulings correspond to the binormal vectors of a base curve. We prove that the curvature of a base curve, which determines the Gaussian and mean curvature of a null scroll, is invariant under such a reparametrization. We also determine a one-parameter family of null curves on null scroll which serve as base curves for this kind of reparametrization.
Keywords
Null scroll, B-scroll, Lorentz-Minkowski space
First Page
2908
Last Page
2920
Recommended Citation
Sipus, Zeljka Milin; GAJCIC, LJILJANA PRIMORAC; and PROTRKA, IVANA
(2019)
"Null scrolls as B-scrolls in Lorentz-Minkowski 3-space,"
Turkish Journal of Mathematics: Vol. 43:
No.
6, Article 21.
https://doi.org/10.3906/mat-1904-140
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/math/vol43/iss6/21
