Differential calculus
Radius of curvature in Cartesian coordinates
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Radius of curvature in Parametric form
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Centre of Curvature in Cartesian form:
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Circle of curvature
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Find the circle of the curve ( )
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Differentiating (1) with respect to , we get
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The circle of curvature is given by
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Centre of Curvature in parametric form:
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Find the equation of the evolute of the curve
Solution:
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The locus of ( ) the evolute of the given curve
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Find the equation of the evolute of the curve
Solution:
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The center of curvature is ( )
From (2) and (3), we get
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Raising the powers with 6 on both sides, we get
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The locus of ( ) the evolute of the given curve
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Find the equation of the evolute of the curve
Solution:
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From (2) and (3), we get
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The locus of ( ) the evolute of the given curve
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Find the equation of the evolute of the curve
Solution:
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Solution:
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The locus of ( ) the evolute of the given curve
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The locus of ( ) ( ) the evolute of the given curve
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Envelope
Solution:
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Differentiating (2) with respect to , we get
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Substituting (3) and (4) in (1), we get
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Solution:
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Substituting (2) in (1), we get
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The above equation is quadratic in
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Solution:
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Substituting (2) in (1), we get
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The above equation is quadratic in
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which gives the envelope of the family of curves.
Solution:
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Differentiating (1) and (2) with respect to we get
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From (3) and (4), we get
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Substituting (5) and (6) in (1), we get
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which gives the envelope of the family of curves.
Evolutes as the envelope of the normal
Solution:
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Equation of normal is given is by
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To find the envelope:
Differentiating (2) partially with respect to we get
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Find the evolute of the parabola considering it as the envelope of its normals.
Solution:
The parametric form is ( )
Equation of normal is given is by
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To find the envelope:
Differentiating (2) partially with respect to we get
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Raising the powers with 6 on both sides, we get
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Find the evolute of the parabola considering it as the envelope of its normals.
Solution:
The parametric form is ( )
Equation of normal is given is by
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To find the envelope:
Differentiating (2) partially with respect to we get
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Substituting in (2)
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From (3) and (4)
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Raising the powers with 6 on both sides, we get
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Solution:
The parametric form is ( )
Equation of normal is given is by
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To find the envelope:
Differentiating (2) partially with respect to we get
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