On curves in three dimensional compact lie groups

This thesis consist of five sections. The first section is devoted to the introduction. In the second section, basic concepts in 3-dimensional Euclidean space are given. In addition, basic concepts about curves in 3-dimensional Euclidean space are mentioned. Moreover, definitions of general helix and slant helix curves from special curves and important characterizations of these curves are given. Finally, definitions and basic concepts related to Lie groups and Lie algebras are mentioned. In the third section, general helices and slant helices are introduces in 3-dimensional Lie groups wit a bi-invariant metric. In the next section, the Frenet invariants of Smarandache curves, for which position vector is composed by Frenet vector fields on a given curve, are obtained in the 3-dimensional Lie groups. In the final section, the moving alternative frame {N,C,W} is given for a unit speed curve given in the 3-dimensional Lie group and C-slant helices are defined according to this frame. In addition, some characterizations of these curves are obtained.