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inextensible flows of timelike curves with sabban frame in s2

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Inextensible ows <strong>of</strong> <strong>timelike</strong> <strong>curves</strong>... 73. Inextensible ows <strong>of</strong> <strong>timelike</strong> <strong>curves</strong> accord<strong>in</strong>g tothe Sabban <strong>frame</strong> <strong>in</strong> S 2 1Let α (u, t) is a one-parameter family <strong>of</strong> smooth <strong>timelike</strong> <strong>curves</strong> <strong>in</strong> S 2 1 .The arc length <strong>of</strong> α is given byσ(u) = u ∂α0 ∣ ∂u ∣ du,whereThe operator ∂∂σ∣⟨ ∂α∣∣∣ ∂α∣ ∂u ∣ = ∂u , ∂α ⟩∣ ∣∣∣1/2.∂uis given <strong>in</strong> terms <strong>of</strong> u by∂∂σ = 1 ∂ν ∂u ,where v =∂α∣ ∂u ∣ , and the arc length parameter is dσ = vdu.Any ow <strong>of</strong> α can be represented asLet the arc length variation be∂α∂t = fS 1 α + f S 2 t + f S 3 s. (3.1)σ(u, t) = u 0vdu.In the S 2 1 , the requirement that the curve not be subject to any elongationor compression can be expressed by the conditionfor all u ∈ [0, l] .∂∂t σ(u, t) = u ∂v0 du = 0 (3.2)∂tDef<strong>in</strong>ition 3.1. The ow ∂α∂t <strong>in</strong> S2 1 is said to be <strong><strong>in</strong>extensible</strong> if∂∂t∂α∣ ∂u ∣ = 0.

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