Calculus 3 Lecture Notes, Section 115 Madison Area 结石3的讲义，第115节麦迪逊地区.docVIP

Section 11.5: Tangent and Normal Vectors Big idea: There are three mutually orthogonal vectors to any curve in 3D that can be calculated (fairly) easily in terms of the vector-valued function that traces out the curve. Big skill: You should be able to compute unit tangent, normal, and binormal vectors to the curve traced out by a given a vector-valued function, compute the radius of curvature and center of the osculating circle, and compute components of acceleration parallel to and perpendicular to a curve. Motivation: Our usual x-, y-, and z-axes represent a fixed coordinate frame not alway