Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 12 - Vector-Valued Functions - 12.5 Curvature - Exercises Set 12.5 - Page 881: 57

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Given \[ y=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} f(x) & x \leq 0 \\ a x^{2}+b x+c & x>0 \end{array}\right. \] Since \[ \frac{\left|y^{\prime \prime}\right|}{\left[y^{\prime 2}+1\right]^{3 / 2}}=\kappa(x) \] The transition will be smooth if the values of $y$ are equal, the values of $y^{\prime}$ are equal, and the values of $y^{\prime \prime}$ are equal at $0=x$ We get \[ \begin{aligned} 2 a x+b=y^{\prime} & \\ 2 a=y^{\prime \prime} & \end{aligned} \] At $0=x$ and equate $y, y^{\prime}, y^{\prime \prime},$ we get \[ f^{\prime}(0)=b, \quad f(0)=c, \quad f^{\prime \prime}(0) / 2=a \] It's clear that we don't need $f^{\prime \prime \prime}(x)$ to exist for all $x \leq 0 ;$ it suffices to have $f^{\prime \prime}(x)$ continuous.
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