Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 12 - Vector-Valued Functions - 12.5 Curvature - Exercises Set 12.5 - Page 880: 55

Answer

\[ \frac{1}{2 r}=a \]

Work Step by Step

Given a circle with radius $r$ and center $(0, r)$ and $a x^{2}=y$ for $x \geq 0$ Along the circle $\frac{1}{r}=\kappa$ and along $a x^{2}=y$ we have $y^{\prime}=2 a x$ and $y^{\prime \prime}=2 a$. Thus: \[ \begin{aligned} &\frac{\left|y^{\prime \prime}\right|}{\left(y^{\prime 2}+1\right)^{3 / 2}}=\kappa \\ &=\frac{2 a}{\left[4 a^{2} x^{2}+1\right]^{3 / 2}} \end{aligned} \] And then $2 a=\kappa(0),$ so $\kappa$ is continuous at $0=x$ if \[ \frac{1}{r}=2 a \quad \rightarrow \quad \frac{1}{2 r}=a \]
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