On the Bertrand Offsets of Timelike Ruled Surfaces in Minkowski 3-Space

Abstract

This work examines some classical results of Bertrand curves for timelike ruled and developable surfaces using the E. Study map. This provides the ability to define two timelike ruled surfaces which are offset in the sense of Bertrand. It is shown that every timelike ruled surface has a Bertrand offset if and only if an equation should be satisfied between the dual geodesic curvatures. Some new results and theorems related to the developability of the Bertrand offsets of timelike ruled surfaces are also obtained.