global-journal-of-science-frontier-research-f-mathematics-decision Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - F: Mathematics & Decision 0975-5896 2249-4626 Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated 73791 Some Characterizations of Space-like Rectifying Curves in the Minkowski Space-Time AliDr. Ahmad T. OnderMehmet A EGYPT, Al-Azhar University, 14 02 2012 12 F1 57 63

In this work, a space-like rectifying curve with space-like principal normal in the Minkowski space-time is defined as a curve whose position vector always lies in orthogonal complement of its principal normal vector field . Also, we characterized such curves in terms of their curvature functions and we obtained the necessary and sficient conditions for such curve to be a rectifying curve.

 Space-like rectifying curve; Frenet equations; Minkowski space-time. Full Text

In this work, a space-like rectifying curve with space-like principal normal in the Minkowski space-time is defined as a curve whose position vector always lies in orthogonal complement of its principal normal vector field . Also, we characterized such curves in terms of their curvature functions and we obtained the necessary and sficient conditions for such curve to be a rectifying curve.