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The Frenet equations<br />

T'(s) = �(s) N(s)<br />

N'(s) = — �(s) T(s) + �(s) B(s)<br />

B'(s) = — �(s) N(s)<br />

then tell us that the <strong>curve</strong> � has curvature �(s) and<br />

torsion �(s) , as desired.<br />

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