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arxiv: 1706.07878 · v1 · pith:VFYI5NIHnew · submitted 2017-06-23 · 🧮 math.DG

Curves of Constant Curvature and Torsion in the 3-Sphere

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We describe the curves of constant (geodesic) curvature and torsion in the three-dimensional round sphere. These curves are the trajectory of a point whose motion is the superposition of two circular motions in orthogonal planes. The global behavior may be periodic or the curve may be dense in a Clifford torus embedded in the three-sphere. This behavior is very different from that of helices in three-dimensional Euclidean space, which also have constant curvature and torsion.

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