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Volumes of tubes...two problems.<br />

(1) Show that the area of a tube of radius � about a<br />

simple closed <strong>curve</strong> of length L in the plane is 2� L .<br />

(2) Show that the volume of a tube of radius � about<br />

a simple closed <strong>curve</strong> of length L in 3-space is � � 2 L .<br />

We will solve both of these problems, and the<br />

Frenet equations for <strong>curve</strong>s will be our main tool.<br />

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