Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 14 - Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions - 14.4 Curvature - Exercises - Page 734: 7

Answer

$$\kappa(t)= \frac{e^{t}}{\left(e^{2 t}+1\right)^{3 / 2}}.$$

Work Step by Step

Since $ r(t) = \lt 1,e^t, t\gt$, then $ r'(t) = \lt 0,e^t, 1\gt$ and hence $\|r'(t)\|=\sqrt{e^{2t}+1}$, $T(t)=\frac{r'(t)}{\|r'(t)\|}=\frac{ \lt 0,e^t, 1\gt}{\sqrt{e^{2t}+1}}$. Now, the curvature is given by $$\kappa(t)=\frac{1}{\|r'(t)\|}\|\frac{dT}{dt}\|=\frac{e^{t}}{\left(e^{2 t}+1\right)^{3 / 2}}.$$
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