Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Vectors and Vector-Valued Functions - 11.9 Curvature and Normal Vectors - 11.9 Exercises - Page 852: 46

Answer

\[{\mathbf{B}} = \frac{{\left\langle {\operatorname{sech} t, - \tanh t,1} \right\rangle }}{{\sqrt 2 }}\] \[\tau = \frac{1}{2}{\operatorname{sech} ^2}t\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{gathered} {\mathbf{r}}\left( t \right) = \left\langle {t,\cosh t, - \sinh t} \right\rangle \hfill \\ {\text{Calculate }}{\mathbf{v}}\left( t \right){\text{, }}{\mathbf{a}}\left( t \right){\text{ and }}{\mathbf{a}}'\left( t \right) \hfill \\ {\mathbf{v}}\left( t \right) = {\mathbf{r}}'\left( t \right) \hfill \\ {\mathbf{v}}\left( t \right) = \left\langle {1,\sinh t, - \cosh t} \right\rangle \hfill \\ {\mathbf{a}}\left( t \right) = {\mathbf{v}}'\left( t \right) \hfill \\ {\mathbf{a}}\left( t \right) = \left\langle {0,\cosh t, - \sinh t} \right\rangle \hfill \\ {\mathbf{a}}'\left( t \right) = \left\langle {0,\sinh t, - \cosh t} \right\rangle \hfill \\ \hfill \\ {\text{Calculate }}{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}{\text{ and }}\left| {{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}} \right| \hfill \\ {\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}} = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\mathbf{i}}&{\mathbf{j}}&{\mathbf{k}} \\ 1&{\sinh t}&{ - \cosh t} \\ 0&{\cosh t}&{ - \sinh t} \end{array}} \right| \hfill \\ {\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}} = \left( { - {{\sinh }^2}t + {{\cosh }^2}t} \right){\mathbf{i}} - \sinh t{\mathbf{j}} + \cosh t{\mathbf{k}} \hfill \\ {\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}} = {\mathbf{i}} - \sinh t{\mathbf{j}} + \cosh t{\mathbf{k}} \hfill \\ \left| {{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}} \right| = \sqrt {1 + {{\sinh }^2}t + {{\cosh }^2}t} \hfill \\ \left| {{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}} \right| = \sqrt {{{\cosh }^2}t + {{\cosh }^2}t} \hfill \\ \left| {{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}} \right| = \sqrt 2 \cosh t \hfill \\ {\text{Calculate the unit binormal vector:}}\,{\text{ }}{\mathbf{B}} = \frac{{{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}}}{{\left| {{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}} \right|}} \hfill \\ {\mathbf{B}} = \frac{{{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}}}{{\left| {{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}} \right|}} = \frac{{\left\langle {1, - \sinh t,\cosh t} \right\rangle }}{{\sqrt 2 \cosh t}} \hfill \\ {\mathbf{B}} = \frac{{\left\langle {\operatorname{sech} t, - \tanh t,1} \right\rangle }}{{\sqrt 2 }} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ {\text{Calculate }}\tau \hfill \\ \tau = \frac{{\left( {{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}} \right) \cdot {\mathbf{a}}'}}{{{{\left| {{\mathbf{v}} \times {\mathbf{a}}} \right|}^2}}} \hfill \\ \tau = \frac{{\left\langle {1, - \sinh t,\cosh t} \right\rangle \cdot \left\langle {0,\sinh t, - \cosh t} \right\rangle }}{{{{\left( {\sqrt 2 \cosh t} \right)}^2}}} \hfill \\ \tau = \frac{{0 - {{\sinh }^2}t - {{\cosh }^2}t}}{{2{{\cosh }^2}t}} \hfill \\ \tau = \frac{{1 + {{\cosh }^2}t - {{\cosh }^2}t}}{{2{{\cosh }^2}t}} \hfill \\ \tau = \frac{1}{{2{{\cosh }^2}t}} \hfill \\ \tau = \frac{1}{2}{\operatorname{sech} ^2}t \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \]
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