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Lecture Notes for 120 - UCLA Department of Mathematics

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5.5. RULED SURFACES 122<br />

(16) Let q (u, v) be a parametrized surface and q ✏ = q+✏N the parallel surface<br />

at distance ✏ from q.<br />

(a) Show that<br />

@q ✏<br />

@w = @q<br />

@w + ✏@N @w =(I + ✏L) ✓ @q<br />

@w<br />

where I is the identity map I (v) =v.<br />

n<br />

(b) Show that q ✏ is a parametrized surface if |✏| < min<br />

that N is also the natural normal to q ✏ .<br />

(c) Show that<br />

L ✏ = L (I + ✏L) 1<br />

by using that<br />

L<br />

✓ ◆ @q<br />

= @N ✓ ◆ @q<br />

✏<br />

@w @w = L✏ @w<br />

◆<br />

1<br />

|apple , 1<br />

1| |apple 2|<br />

o<br />

and<br />

(d) Show that these surfaces all have the same principal directions and<br />

that the principal curvatures satisfy<br />

1<br />

= apple i<br />

1+✏apple i<br />

apple ✏ i<br />

(17) Let q (u, v) be a parametrized surface and q ✏ = q+✏N the parallel surface<br />

at distance ✏ from q.<br />

(a) Show that<br />

I ✏ =I 2✏II + ✏ 2 III<br />

(b) Show that<br />

II ✏ =II ✏III<br />

(c) Show that<br />

III ✏ =III<br />

(d) How do you reconcile this with the <strong>for</strong>mula<br />

L ✏ = L (I + ✏L) 1<br />

from the previous exercise?<br />

(e) Show that<br />

K ✏ K<br />

=<br />

1+2✏H + ✏ 2 K<br />

and<br />

H ✏ H ✏K<br />

=<br />

1+2✏H + ✏ 2 K<br />

5.5. Ruled Surfaces<br />

Aruledsurfaceisparameterizedbyselectingacurve↵ (v) and then considering<br />

the surface one gets by adding a line through each <strong>of</strong> the points on the curve. If the<br />

directions <strong>of</strong> those lines are given by X (v), thenthesurfacecanbeparametrized<br />

by q (u, v) =↵ (v) +uX (v). We can without loss <strong>of</strong> generality assume that X is<br />

a unit field. The condition <strong>for</strong> obtaining a parametrized surface is that @q<br />

@u = X<br />

and @q<br />

@v = d↵<br />

dv + u dX<br />

dv<br />

are linearly independent. Even though we don’t always obtain<br />

asurface<strong>for</strong>allparametervaluesitisimportanttoconsidertheextendedlinesin<br />

the rulings <strong>for</strong> all values <strong>of</strong> v. For example, generalized cones are best recognized<br />

by their cone point which is not part <strong>of</strong> the surface. Similarly tangent developables

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