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Relaxed Elastic Line In A Riemannian Manifold, Gözde Özkan, Ahmet Yücesan

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

We obtain a differential equation with 2 boundary conditions for a relaxed elastic line in a Riemannian manifold. This differential equation, which is found with respect to constant sectional curvature G, geodesic curvature \kappa, and 2 boundary conditions, gives a more direct and more geometric approach to questions concerning a relaxed elastic line in a Riemannian manifold. We give various theorems and results in terms of a relaxed elastic line. Consequently, we examine the concept of a relaxed elastic line in 2- and 3- dimensional space forms.