Section 16.6 PARAMETRIC SURFACES GRID CURVES
8/7/2012 PARAMETRIC SURFACES Suppose that , , , , Section 16.6 is a vector‐valued function defined on a region D in the ‐plane. So , , and are, component functions of r, are functions of the two variables and with Parametric Surfaces domain D. The set of all points in such that , , , and , varies through D is called a parametric surface S and the highlighted equations above are called the parametric equations of S. GRID CURVES SURFACES OF REVOLUTION Let S be a parametric surface given by the vector function , . Consider the surface S obtained by rotating the curve , , about the ‐axis, • If we keep constant by putting , where 0. Let θ be the angle of rotation. If then , becomes a vector functions of , , is a point on S, then the single parameter v and defines a curve C1 lying on S. (See Figure 4 on page 1124.) cos sin • Similarly if keep constant by putting Therefore, we take and θ as parameters and , we get a curve C2 given by , regard the equations above as parametric that lies on S. equations of S. The parameter domain is given We call these curves grid curves. by ,02. TANGENT PLANES TANGENT PLANES Let S be the parametric surface traced out by a vector (CONCLUDED) Similarly, keeping constant by putting , we function get a grid curve C2 given by , that lies on S, and , , , , its tangent vector at P0 is and let P be a point on the surface with position vector , , , 0 , . Keeping constant by putting , , becomes a vector function of a single parameter If , then the surface S is called smooth (it v and defined a grid curve C1 lying on S.
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