Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4659836 Topology and its Applications 2012 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

Asymptotic curves are well defined on a smooth surface M in the Euclidean space R5 and are solutions of a binary quintic differential equation. We propose in this paper a definition of the lines of principal curvature on M that uses covariants of binary quintic forms as well as the metric structure on M.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Geometry and Topology