Exercises
Curves and line integrals
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1. Tangent vector to a plane curve
Verify that the curve
is regular and compute the tangent vector at the point .
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2. Regularity of a curve
Determine whether the curve
is regular or piecewise regular, and describe its trace.
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3. Tangent line to a parametrized ellipse
Write the Cartesian equation of the tangent line to the curve
at the point .
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4. Length of a parametric curve
Compute the length of the curve
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5. Length of a helix
Compute the length of the helix
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6. Length of a Cartesian curve
Compute the length of the graph of the function
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7. Arc length parametrization
Determine the arc length function of the curve
and write the arc length parametrization.
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8. Integral of the first kind on a segment
Compute the line integral
where is the segment from the origin to the point .
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9. Integral of the first kind on a helix
Compute the line integral
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10. Mass of a non-homogeneous wire
A wire lies along the segment
with linear density . Compute its mass.
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11. Center of mass of a homogeneous arc
Determine the center of mass of the homogeneous wire lying along the quarter circle
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12. Work along an arc of a parabola
Compute the work of the field along the curve
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13. Work along a closed curve
Compute the work of the field along the circle with center at the origin and radius , traversed counterclockwise.
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