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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

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