Surface of screw motion
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
helical surface
A surface described by a plane curve which, while rotating around an axis at a uniform rate, also advances along that axis at a uniform rate. If is located in the plane of the axis of rotation and is defined by the equation , the position vector of the surface of screw motion is
and its line element is
A surface of screw motion can be deformed into a rotation surface so that the generating helical lines are parallel (Boor's theorem). If , one has a helicoid; if , one has a rotation surface, or surface of revolution.
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References
[a1] | M. Berger, B. Gostiaux, "Differential geometry: manifolds, curves, and surfaces" , Springer (1988) (Translated from French) |
[a2] | H.S.M. Coxeter, "Introduction to geometry" , Wiley (1961) |
[a3] | M.P. Do Carmo, "Differential geometry of curves and surfaces" , Prentice-Hall (1976) pp. 145 |
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Surface of screw motion. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Surface_of_screw_motion&oldid=17025
Surface of screw motion. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Surface_of_screw_motion&oldid=17025
This article was adapted from an original article by I.Kh. Sabitov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article