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On Geodesics of 3D Surfaces of Rotations in Euclidean and Minkowskian Spaces
On Geodesics of 3D Surfaces of Rotations in Euclidean and Minkowskian Spaces
On Geodesics of 3D Surfaces of Rotations in Euclidean and Minkowskian Spaces
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On Geodesics of 3D Surfaces of Rotations in Euclidean and Minkowskian Spaces
, (12)
. (13)
. (18) The parameterizations (15) and (16) give the same
The term in brackets must be vanish everywhere on . surface of rotation but two different parameterizations.
Because, if the term in brackets does not vanish at some
point , then there is a number . . B. Clairaut's Theorem in
Such that for , and coincides with the In this section, we will revise the Clairaut's theorem to the
parallel when . This is surfaces of rotations above. And illustrate that in each case we
Contrary to the assumption. So have Clairaut's theorem in Minkowski space.
Here we will generalize the first surface of rotation which
. (14) is (15).
This establishes Clairauts theorem as follows, and we
observe in passing that all meridians are geodesics.
Theorem 2.1.2. [11]. Let be a geodesic on a surface of
revolution , let be the distance function of a point of
from the axis of rotation, and let be the angle between . (19)
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The rotation of the curve is still about Euclidean plane. Also (31)
the functions have the property of
So, if we do the same procedure and conclusion we have
for the time- like condition.
for each case, the Clairaut's theorem can carry over to all cases
First fundamental form of has signature
of 3D Minkowski space [9]. Here we are interesting in
everywhere if generating curve is time- like.
providing some explicit examples satisfy the theorem.
Since
IV. EXAMPLES AND VISUALIZATIONS
. In this part of the paper, we present some examples of
The geodesics on are time-like, and given by: surfaces of revolution covering and . And visualize
the geodesics for a given surfaces in all cases.
. (27) , (37)
, (29) . (39)
So
. (30)
The term in brackets must be vanish everywhere on . . (40)
Because, if the term in brackets does not vanish at some Then
point , then there is a number .
Such that for , and coincides with the , (41)
parallel when . This is contrary to the where is constant.
assumption. So
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, (53)
. (46) Where is a constant, since . Therefore, .
Then the geodesic on the pseudo-sphere will be If , we get constant. And if and the above
equation gives
. (54)
Hence, along the geodesic,
. (47) , (55)
Now, we are ready to visualize the geodesic on the so
pseudo-sphere.
The corresponding geodesics on the pseudo-sphere itself
(56)
are shown below (figure(1)).
then
, (57)
where is constant.
So the geodesic is parts from hyperbolas in the
-plane, and lying in the region .
Moreover all these hyperbolas insect in the -axis .
Now we need to visualize these parts of hyperbolas on
the Pseudo-sphere to see the geodesics on the pseudo-sphere.
Again, from our supposition, we have , then
. Also,
(58)
. (61)
So the curve on the pseudo-sphere is:
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(62)
(63)
(67)
That has the first fundamental form of
Figure (2)
C. Example of Visualization of Surface in with (68)
Such that,
Space-like Rotation
From Clairaut's theorem, we got
Now, if we are doing the same with other cases, for example
the surface of rotation which generated by space-like rotation,
we have chosen an example to determine the geodesics on the , (69)
surface in , such that the rotation line is - axis. We have so,
chosen a surface of revolution very carefully to get solvable
ordinary differential equation. Therefore the surface is:
. (70)
Therefore, we have the following ODE
, (71)
(64)
which has first fundamental form is given by
with solving the above equation numerically using ,
with Maple we get
. (65)
With the same calculation, we have the geodesic equation
given:
(72)
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