Does the velocity vector have to have unit speed parametrisation in calculations of the frenet frame?











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Consider the curvature of a curve $beta$ at a point s.



This is given by $kappa(s):=|T'(s)|$, where $T(s)=beta '(s) $.



similarly we define the fields in the frenet frame ${T,N,B}$ by



$$T(s)=beta'(s)$$



$$N(s):=tfrac{T'(s)}{kappa(s)}$$



$$B(s):=T(s)times N(s)$$



My question is does $beta'(s)$ have to be parametrised to unit speed in all of these calculations ?










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    Consider the curvature of a curve $beta$ at a point s.



    This is given by $kappa(s):=|T'(s)|$, where $T(s)=beta '(s) $.



    similarly we define the fields in the frenet frame ${T,N,B}$ by



    $$T(s)=beta'(s)$$



    $$N(s):=tfrac{T'(s)}{kappa(s)}$$



    $$B(s):=T(s)times N(s)$$



    My question is does $beta'(s)$ have to be parametrised to unit speed in all of these calculations ?










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      Consider the curvature of a curve $beta$ at a point s.



      This is given by $kappa(s):=|T'(s)|$, where $T(s)=beta '(s) $.



      similarly we define the fields in the frenet frame ${T,N,B}$ by



      $$T(s)=beta'(s)$$



      $$N(s):=tfrac{T'(s)}{kappa(s)}$$



      $$B(s):=T(s)times N(s)$$



      My question is does $beta'(s)$ have to be parametrised to unit speed in all of these calculations ?










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      Consider the curvature of a curve $beta$ at a point s.



      This is given by $kappa(s):=|T'(s)|$, where $T(s)=beta '(s) $.



      similarly we define the fields in the frenet frame ${T,N,B}$ by



      $$T(s)=beta'(s)$$



      $$N(s):=tfrac{T'(s)}{kappa(s)}$$



      $$B(s):=T(s)times N(s)$$



      My question is does $beta'(s)$ have to be parametrised to unit speed in all of these calculations ?







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          Yes. More precisely, these formulas only work for curves parametrirized by the arclength. Otherwise, you would not have, for instance, that $bigllVert T(s)bigrrVert=1$.






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                Yes. More precisely, these formulas only work for curves parametrirized by the arclength. Otherwise, you would not have, for instance, that $bigllVert T(s)bigrrVert=1$.







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