Curves II
摘要
Now that we are familiar with numerous examples of plane curves and space curves and can also calculate the length of curves, we turn to further special properties of curves: curves can be parametrised in many ways. Among these many types, the parametrisation by arc length plays a prominent role. We introduce this parametrisation. Furthermore, curve points generally have an accompanying trihedron, a curvature and a torsion. These vectors or quantities are easy to determine. The Leibniz’s sector formula allows the calculation of surface areas enclosed by curves, or more generally the surface area swept by a ray.