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Familiarize yourself with parametric representations of important surfaces by deriving a representation, by finding the parameter curves (curves u=const and v=const) of the surface and a normal vector N=ru*rv of the surface. Show the details of your work. Helicoid r(u, v)=[u cos v, u sin v, v]. Explain the name.
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VerifiedThe paramater curves of the surface in the -plane parametrised by
are:
and
Notice that the first family of parameter curves is the family whose axis is the -axis and distance from the axis is . The second family of parameter curves is the family of lines who pass through the points and . From this information we see that the name is justified since we "construct" the surface by connecting the helixes to the axis (in our case the -axis)
We have
Let us now compute the normal vector:
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