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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Mathematical Problems in Engineering Volume 2011, Article ID 539378, 19 pages doi:10.1155/2011/539378 Research Article Generalized Timelike Mannheim Curves in Minkowski Space-Time E4 1 ˙ ¨ M. Akyig∼it, S. Ersoy, I. Ozgur,¨ and M. Tosun Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Sakarya University, 54187 Sakarya, Turkey Correspondence should be addressed to M. Tosun, tosun@.tr Received 19 January 2011; Accepted 4 March 2011 Academic Editor: Carlo Cattani Copyright q 2011 M. Akyig∼it et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We give the definition of generalized timelike Mannheim curve in Minkowski space-time E4 . The 1 necessary and sufficient conditions for the generalized timelike Mannheim curve are obtained. We show some characterizations of generalized Mannheim curve. 1. Introduction The geometry of curves has long captivated the interests of mathematicians, from the ancient Greeks through to the era of Isaac Newton 1643–1727 and the invention of the calculus. It is a branch of geometry that deals with smooth curves in the plane and in the space by methods of differential and integral calculus. The theory of curves is the simpler and narrower in scope because a regular curve in a Euclidean space has no intrinsic geometry. One of the most important tools used to analyze curve is the Frenet frame, a moving frame that provides a coordinate system at each point of curve tha