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Special Space Curves Characterized by det(α(3) , α(4) , α(5)) =0

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By using the facts that the condition det(α(1) , α(2) , α(3)) =0 characterizes a plane curve and the condition det(α(2) , α(3) , α(4)) =0 characterizes a curve of constant slope, we present special space curves characterized by the condition det(α(3) , α(4) , α(5)) =0, in different approaches. It is shown that the space curve is Salkowski if and only if det(α(3) , α(4) , α(5)) =0. The approach used in our investigation can be useful in understanding the role of the curves characterized by det(α(3) , α(4) , α(5)) =0 in differential geometry.

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Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 571–576, April, 2014.

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Saracoglu, S., Yayli, Y. Special Space Curves Characterized by det(α(3) , α(4) , α(5)) =0. Ukr Math J 66, 638–644 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11253-014-0961-4

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