Lecture Notes for 120 - UCLA Department of Mathematics
Lecture Notes for 120 - UCLA Department of Mathematics
Lecture Notes for 120 - UCLA Department of Mathematics
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5.5. RULED SURFACES 128<br />
This shows that X is in fact a planar circle or radius 1. For simplicity let us further<br />
assume that it is the unit circle in the (x, y)-plane, i.e.,<br />
From the s-term we obtain<br />
showing that d2 c<br />
dv 2<br />
is constant. Since dc<br />
dv ? dX<br />
dv<br />
and<br />
X (v) = (cos v, sin v, 0)<br />
✓<br />
X ⇥ dX<br />
dv<br />
0 = d2 c<br />
dv 2 ·<br />
✓<br />
= d2 c<br />
dv 2 · X ⇥ dX ◆<br />
dv<br />
✓<br />
= d2 c<br />
dv 2 · X ⇥ dX ◆<br />
dv<br />
2 3<br />
0<br />
= d2 c<br />
dv 2 · 4 0 5<br />
1<br />
◆<br />
+ d2 X<br />
✓<br />
dv 2 ·<br />
X ·<br />
X ⇥ dc ◆<br />
dv<br />
◆<br />
✓<br />
X ⇥ dc<br />
dv<br />
also lies in the (x, y)-plane. In particular,<br />
2 3<br />
0<br />
dc<br />
dv · 4 0 5 = h<br />
1<br />
we obtain<br />
✓ ◆<br />
dc dc<br />
dv = dv · X X +<br />
2<br />
dc<br />
dv ⇥ X = 4 0 0<br />
h<br />
3<br />
2<br />
4<br />
0<br />
0<br />
h<br />
3<br />
5<br />
5 ⇥ X = h dX<br />
dv<br />
This considerably simplifies the terms that are independent <strong>of</strong> s in the mean curvature<br />
equation<br />
✓ ◆✓ ✓<br />
dc dX<br />
2<br />
dv · X dv · X ⇥ dc ◆◆ ✓<br />
= d2 c<br />
dv dv 2 · X ⇥ dc ◆<br />
dv<br />
as we then obtain<br />
2h dc<br />
dv · X = h d2 c<br />
dv 2 · dX<br />
dv<br />
= h dc<br />
dv · d2 X<br />
dv 2<br />
= h dc<br />
dv · X<br />
When h =0the curve c also lies in the (x, y)-plane and the surface is planar.<br />
Otherwise dc<br />
dv · X =0which implies that<br />
2 3 2 3<br />
✓ ◆<br />
dc dc<br />
dv = dv · X X + 4 5 = 4 5<br />
0<br />
0<br />
h<br />
0<br />
0<br />
h