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#26 2014-07-16 01:59:59

Agnishom
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Re: PerpendicularQ

A friend.


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#27 2014-07-16 02:04:26

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Re: PerpendicularQ

I will look at it today but do not expect too much.


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#28 2014-08-17 03:03:56

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Re: PerpendicularQ

Solution

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Let us call the curves c1, c2 and c3

It is evident that:

c1 = (cos t, sin t, 0)
c2 = (cos t, 0, sin t)
c3 = (0, sin t, cos t)

[I am considering the circles to be centered at the origin and of radius 1. This is just to make the algebra simple]

You wanted me to prove that c1 intersects c2 making an angle of pi/2 and c2 intersects c3 making an angle of pi/2 and c3 intersects c1 making an angle of pi/2

Consider the intersection of c1 and c2. At this point, c1(t) = c2(t)
Or, (cos t, sin t, 0) = (cos t, 0, sin t)
Solving, you get t = 0

Now, c1(0) = c2(0) = (1, 0, 0)

Differentiating the curves,
c1' = (-sin t, cos t, 0)
c2' = (-sin t, 0, cos t)

At t=0, c1'(0) = (0, 1, 0) and c2'(0) = (0, 0, 1)

Let x1 be the tangent of c1 at the intersection point
We have, x1= c1(0) + t(c1'(0)) = (1, 0, 0) + t(0, 1, 0) = (1, t, 0)

Let x2 be the tangent of c2 at the intersection point
We have, x2= c2(0) + t(c2'(0)) = (1, 0, 0) + t(0, 0, 1) = (1, 0, t)

By the angle between c1 and c2, we obviously mean the angle between x1 and x2.
Let that angle be  θ

x1 . x2 = (1, t, 0) . (1, 0, t) = 1*1 + t*0 + t*0 = 1

|x1| = Sqrt[1+t^2]
|x2| = Sqrt[1+t^2]

At the intersection point, t=0. So,


Similarly, you can go on proving the same thing for the two other intersection points (but that has been left to the reader as an exercise tongue)

QED


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