Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 12 - Vector-Valued Functions - 12.5 Curvature - Exercises Set 12.5 - Page 881: 63

Answer

\[ \begin{array}{l} \tau(t)=\frac{\left[\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \times \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)\right] \cdot \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime \prime}(t)}{\left\|\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \times \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)\right\|}=\frac{\left(2 t^{2} \mathbf{i}-4 t \mathbf{j}+4 \mathbf{k}\right) \cdot(2 \mathbf{k})}{2\left(2+t^{2}\right)^{2}} \\ \left[\frac{2}{(2+t^{2})^2}\right]=\tau(t) \end{array} \]

Work Step by Step

Given the curve $2 t \mathbf{i}+t^{2} \mathbf{j}+\frac{1}{3} t^{3} \mathbf{k}=\mathbf{r}(t)$ \[ \begin{aligned} 2 \mathbf{i}+2 t \mathbf{j}+t^{2} \mathbf{k} &=\frac{d}{d t} \mathbf{r}(t)=\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \\ &\frac{d^{2}}{d t^{2}} \mathbf{r}(t)=\frac{d}{d t} \mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t)=2 \mathbf{j}+2 t \mathbf{k}=\mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t) \end{aligned} \] Using (1) and (2) we get that: \[ \mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \times \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{i} & \mathbf{j} & \mathbf{k} \\ 2 & 2 t & t^{2} \\ 0 & 2 & 2 t \end{array}\right|=\left(4 t^{2}-2 t^{2}\right) \mathbf{i}-4 t \mathbf{j}+4 \mathbf{k}=2 t^{2} \mathbf{i}-4 t \mathbf{j}+4 \mathbf{k} \] where \[ \left\|\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \times \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)\right\|=(\sqrt{16+4 t^{4}+16 t^{2}})^{2}=2\left(2+t^{2}\right)^{2} \] Furthemore \[ \frac{d}{d t} \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)=2 k= \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime \prime}(t) \] Using the formula in $d$ : \[ \begin{array}{l} \tau(t)=\frac{\left[\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \times \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)\right] \cdot \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime \prime}(t)}{\left\|\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \times \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)\right\|}=\frac{\left(2 t^{2} \mathbf{i}-4 t \mathbf{j}+4 \mathbf{k}\right) \cdot(2 \mathbf{k})}{2\left(2+t^{2}\right)^{2}} \\ \left[\frac{2}{(2+t^{2})^2}\right]=\tau(t) \end{array} \]
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