Spacelike developable surfaces through a common line of curvature in Minkowski 3-space

Abstract

This paper studies the problem to construct a spacelike developable surface possessing a given non-null parametric curve as the line of curvature in Minkowski 3-space. By using Frenet frame to express the surface, we derive the necessary and sufficient conditions when the resulting spacelike developable surface is cylinder, cone or tangent surface. Finally, we give some representative examples.

Keywords

• spacelike developable surface
• line of curvature
• frenet frame