Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 13 - Section 13.3 - Arc Length and Curvature - 13.3 Exercise - Page 868: 18

Answer

(a) The principal unit normal vector $N(t)$ is given by: $$ \begin{aligned} N(t)&=\langle 0, \cos t,-\sin t\rangle\\ \end{aligned} $$ (b) The curvature is given by: $$ \begin{aligned} k(t)=\frac{1}{5 t}. \end{aligned} $$

Work Step by Step

(a) We have a parametrization $$ r(t)= t^{2} \mathbf{i}+(\sin t-t \cos t) \mathbf{j}+( \cos t+t \sin t) \mathbf{k} \\ = \left\langle t^{2}, \sin t-t \cos t, \cos t+t \sin t\right\rangle $$ $\Rightarrow $ $$ \begin{aligned} r^{\prime}(t) &=\langle 2 t, \cos t+t \sin t-\cos t,-\sin t+t \cos t+\sin t\rangle\\ &=\langle 2 t, t \sin t, t \cos t\rangle \end{aligned} $$ $$ \begin{aligned} \mathrm\Rightarrow\left|\mathrm{r}^{\prime}(t)\right| &=\sqrt{4 t^{2}+t^{2} \sin ^{2} t+t^{2} \cos ^{2} t} \\ & =\sqrt{4 t^{2}+t^{2}\left(\cos ^{2} t+\sin ^{2} t\right)} \\ &=\sqrt{5 t^{2}} \ \ \ \text {where} \ \ t \gt 0 \\ &=\sqrt{5} t \end{aligned} $$ Then, the unit tangent vector $T(t)$ is given by: $$ \begin{aligned} T(t) &=\frac{r^{\prime}(t)}{\left|r^{\prime}(t)\right|}\\ &=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5} t}\langle 2 t, t \sin t, t \cos t) \\ &=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}\langle 2, \sin t, \cos t\rangle \end{aligned} $$ Then $$ \begin{aligned} T^{\prime}(t)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}\langle 0, \cos t,-\sin t\rangle \end{aligned} $$ $\Rightarrow$ $$ \left|\mathrm{T}^{\prime}(t)\right|=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} \sqrt{0+\cos ^{2} t+\sin ^{2} t}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} $$ Since the principal unit normal vector $N(t)$ is given by: $$ N(t)=\frac{\mathrm{T}^{\prime}(t)}{\left|\mathbf{T}^{\prime}(t)\right|} $$ Therefore, $$ \begin{aligned} N(t)&=\frac{\mathrm{T}^{\prime}(t)}{\left|\mathbf{T}^{\prime}(t)\right|} \\ &=\frac{1 / \sqrt{5}}{1 / \sqrt{5}}\langle 0, \cos t,-\sin t\rangle\\ & =\langle 0, \cos t,-\sin t\rangle\\ \end{aligned} $$ (b) The curvature is given by: $$ \begin{aligned} k(t)&=\frac{\left|\mathbf{T}^{\prime}(t)\right|}{\left|\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t)\right|} \ \ \text { by using the Formula 9} \\ & =\frac{1 / \sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5} t}\\ &=\frac{1}{5 t}. \end{aligned} $$
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