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Darboux Vector


The rotation vector of the trihedron of a curve with curvature kappa!=0 when a point moves along a curve with unit speed. It is given by

 D=tauT+kappaB,
(1)

where tau is the torsion, T the tangent vector, and B the binormal vector. The Darboux vector field satisfies

T^.=DxT
(2)
N^.=DxN
(3)
B^.=DxB.
(4)

See also

Binormal Vector, Curvature, Tangent Vector, Torsion

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References

Gray, A. Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 205, 1997.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Darboux Vector." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/DarbouxVector.html

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