New approach to timelike Bertrand curves in 3-dimensional Minkowski space

In the theory of curves in Euclidean 3-space, it is well known that a curve /3 is said to be a Bertrand curve if for another curve /3* there exists a one-to-one correspondence between /3 and /3* such that both curves have common principal normal line. These curves have been studied in differ-ent spaces over a long period of time and found wide application in different areas. In this article, the conditions for a timelike curve to be Bertrand curve are obtained by using a new approach in contrast to the well-known classical approach for Bertrand curves in Minkowski 3-space. Related examples that meet these conditions are given. Moreover, thanks to this new approach, timelike, spacelike and Cartan null Bertrand mates of a timelike general helix have been obtained.