In this work, the notion of a slant helix is extended to the space E. First, we introduce the type-2 harmonic curvatures of a regular curve. Thereafter, by using this, we present some necessary and sufficient conditions for a curve to be a slant helix in Euclidean n-space. We also express some integral characterizations of such curves in terms of the curvature functions. Finally, we give some c...

A slant immersion is an isometric immersion from a Riemannian manifold into an almost Hermitian manifold with constant Wirtinger angle (1~ . In this article we study and characterize slant surfaces in the complex 2-plane ~2 via the Gauss map. We also prove that every surface without complex tangent points in a 4-dimensional almost Hermitian manifold M is slant with respect to a suitably chosen ...

This article describes the development of tools for routine 4-dimensional variational data assimilation of Global Positioning System Slant Total Delay (STD) data in the framework of the MM5 system at the Institute of Physics and Meteorology of the University of Hohenheim. The Slant Total Delay forward operator is introduced which allows model validation and the assimilation in the Message-Passi...

Koffka's (1935, pp. 224-235) explanation of shape-constancy is based on the assumption of an invariant linkage between slant and shape. Koffka's hypothesis has been formulated in the following way by Beck and Gibson (1955): "A retinal projection of a given form determines a unique relation of apparent shape to apparent slant" (p. 126). The invariance hypothesis requires that perceived shape var...

The results of several experiments demonstrate that the estimated magnitude of perceived slant of large stereoscopic surfaces increases with the duration of the presentation. In these experiments, subjects were free to make eye movements. A possible explanation for the increase is that the visual system needs to scan the stimulus with eye movements (which take time) before it can make a reliabl...

Rotating a surface about a horizontal axis alters the retinal horizontal-shear disparities. Opposed torsional eye movements (cyclovergence) also change horizontal shear. If there were no compensation for the horizontal disparities created by cyclovergence, slant estimates would be erroneous. We asked whether compensation for cyclovergence occurs, and, if it does, whether it occurs by use of an ...

There have been many experiments reported in the literature that have employed discrimination procedures to estimate the variance of observers' slant judgments from texture and binocular disparity, both individually and in combination. The research described in the present article identifies two serious methodological flaws in these studies. Although discrimination thresholds can be influenced ...

Koffka's (1935, pp. 224-235) explanation of shape-constancy is based on the assumption of an invariant linkage between slant and shape. Koffka's hypothesis has been formulated in the following way by Beck and Gibson (1955): "A retinal projection of a given form determines a unique relation of apparent shape to apparent slant" (p. 126). The invariance hypothesis requires that perceived shape var...

From the literature it is known that the processing of disparity for slant is different in the presence and in the absence of a visual frame of reference. The experimental finding that vertical disparity is not processed for slant perception in the presence of a visual reference is elaborated. This theoretical analysis results in a reduction of the three basic first-order transformations betwee...