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We examine curvature properties of twisted surfaces with null rotation axis in Minkowski 3-space. That is, we study surfaces that arise when a planar curve is subject to two synchronized rotations, possibly at different speeds, one in its supporting plane and one of this supporting plane about an axis in the plane. Moreover, at least one of the two rotation axes is a null axis. As is clear from its construction, a twisted surface generalizes the concept of a surface of revolution. We classify flat, constant Gaussian curvature, minimal and constant mean curvature twisted surfaces with a null rotation axis. Aside from pseudospheres, pseudohyperbolic spaces and cones, we encounter B-scrolls in these classifications. The appearance of B-scrolls in these classifications is of course the result of the rotation about a null axis. As for the cones in the classification of flat twisted surfaces, introducing proper coordinates, we prove that they are determined by so-called Clelia curves. With a Clelia curve we mean a curve that has linear dependent spherical coordinates.
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Goemans, W., Van de Woestyne, I. Twisted Surfaces with Null Rotation Axis in Minkowski 3-Space. Results. Math. 70, 81–93 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00025-015-0462-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00025-015-0462-2