Loci traced by the tangent, normal and binormal lines

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The coordinates of the points of a certain curve satisfy the relation

(x2+y2+z2−a2)(dx2+dy2+dz2)=(x dx+y dy+z dz)2. (x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}-a^{2})(dx^{2}+dy^{2}+dz^{2}) = (x\, dx+y\, dy+z\, dz)^{2} .

Prove that the tangents to this curve are tangent to the sphere

x2+y2+z2=a2. x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2} = a^{2} .
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Prove that the tangents to the curve

x=a(sin⁡t+cos⁡t),y=a(sin⁡t−cos⁡t),z=be−t x = a(\sin t+\cos t), \qquad y = a(\sin t-\cos t), \qquad z = be^{-t}

meet the plane xOyxOy in the circle x2+y2=4a2x^{2}+y^{2}=4a^{2}.

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Prove that one of the bisectors of the angles between the tangent and the binormal to the curve

x=3t,y=3t2,z=2t3 x = 3t, \qquad y = 3t^{2}, \qquad z = 2t^{3}

has a constant direction.

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Along the principal normals of the helix

x=acos⁡t,y=asin⁡t,z=bt x = a\cos t, \qquad y = a\sin t, \qquad z = bt

segments of given length ll are laid off. Find the locus of their endpoints.

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Find the surface on which all the principal normals of the helix of the preceding problem lie.

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The same question (find the surface on which the lines lie) as in the preceding problem, for the binormals.

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Prove that one of the bisectors of the angles between the tangent and the binormal to the curve x=3t,y=3t2,z=2t3x = 3 t, y = 3 t^{2}, z = 2 t^{3} has a constant direction.

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Along the principal normals (but in the opposite direction) of the helix x=acos⁡t,y=asin⁡t,z=btx = a \cos t, y = a \sin t, z = b t, segments of length ll are laid off. Find the curve described by their endpoints.

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Along the binormals of the helix x=acos⁡t,y=asin⁡t,z=etx = a \cos t, y = a \sin t, z = e^{t}, segments of one and the same length are laid off. Find the equation of the curve formed by the endpoints of these segments.

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References

[ГюКу03] Гюнтер Н.М., Кузьмин Р.О. Сборник задач по высшей математике. 13-е изд., Издательство «Лань», 2003.
[ККЧ+03] Кудрявцев Л.Д., Кутасов А.Д., Чехлов В.И., Шабунин М.И. Предел. Непрерывность. Дифференцируемость. 2-е изд., ФИЗМАТЛИТ, 2003.