Geometric Applications
[53/87%]Write the equations of the tangent plane and the normal to the surface at the given point.
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Write the equations of the tangent plane and the normal to the surface at the given point.
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Write the equations of the tangent plane and the normal to the surface at the given point.
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Write the equation of the tangent plane to the surface at its given point :
(ellipsoid);
(two-sheeted hyperboloid);
(hyperbolic paraboloid).
Write the equations of the normal to the surface at its given point :
(one-sheeted hyperboloid);
(elliptic paraboloid);
(cone).
Write the equation of the tangent plane to the surface at its given point :
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Write the equation of the tangent plane to the surface:
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, at the point with parameters . Express the coefficients of the resulting equation in terms of the coordinates of the point of tangency.
Write the equation of the tangent plane to the surface:
at the point with parameters .
Write the equations of the tangent planes to the surface
at the points of its intersection with the line .
Prove that the surfaces are tangent to each other at the point , and find the equation of the common tangent plane.
Find the points on the surface at which the tangent planes to it are parallel to the coordinate planes:
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Write the equations of the tangent planes to the surface that are parallel to the given plane:
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Write the equation of the tangent plane to the surface, passing through the point and parallel to the given line:
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Write, for the given surface, the equation of the tangent plane perpendicular to the given line:
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For the surface write the equation of the tangent plane passing through the line
For the ellipsoid write the equation of the tangent plane that cuts off equal segments on the positive coordinate semi-axes.
Prove that the tangent planes to the surface
form, with the coordinate planes, tetrahedra of constant volume. Find the volume of the tetrahedra.
Prove that the tangent planes to the surface
cut off segments on the coordinate axes whose sum equals .
Prove that the tangent planes to the surface
cut off segments on the coordinate axes, the sum of whose squares is constant and equals .
Find the distance from the origin to the tangent plane to the surface at its point .
Prove that all planes tangent to the surface
where is a differentiable function, have a common point.
For the surface find the equations of the normal parallel to the line
On the surface find the points at which the normal to the surface is perpendicular to the plane .
At which points of the ellipsoid does the normal to it make equal angles with the coordinate axes?
Find the angles that the normal to the surface
at the point makes with the coordinate axes.
Find the point of intersection, with the axis of rotation, of the normal at an arbitrary point of the surface of revolution
where is a differentiable function, .
Determine the angle at which the surfaces intersect:
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Prove the orthogonality of the surfaces
where is a differentiable function.
Find the angles between the normals at points belonging to all three surfaces
Prove the pairwise orthogonality of the surfaces:
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Prove that through every point not lying on a coordinate plane there pass three pairwise orthogonal surfaces of the form
— an ellipsoid, a one-sheeted hyperboloid, and a two-sheeted hyperboloid.
Draw a tangent plane to the ellipsoid , such that:
the sum of the lengths of the segments it cuts off on the coordinate axes is smallest;
the centroid of the triangle cut out on it by the coordinate planes is at the smallest distance from the center of the ellipsoid;
the tetrahedron bounded by it and the coordinate planes has the smallest volume.
Investigate the singular points of the curves given by the equations. Find the tangents at the singular points.
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Investigate the singular points of the curves given by the equations. Find the tangents at the singular points.
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Investigate the singular points of the curves given by the equations. Find the tangents at the singular points.
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Determine the order of the singular point of the curve and sketch the curve in a neighborhood of this point:
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Determine the order of the singular point of the equation
Does the curve defined by this equation have singular points?
Find the envelope of the family of lines:
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Find the envelope of the family of lines that form, with the coordinate axes, triangles of constant area .
Find the envelope of the family of lines containing a segment of constant length whose endpoints slide along the coordinate axes.
Prove that the envelope of the normals of a plane curve is the evolute of that curve.
A bundle of parallel rays directed along the -axis falls on the arc of the circle . Find the caustic, i.e., the envelope of the reflected rays.
Find the envelope of the family of circles:
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Find the envelope of the family of circles having centers on the parabola and passing through its vertex.
Find the envelope of the family of circles constructed on the focal chords of the parabola as diameters.
Find the envelope of the family of ellipses , if the sum of the semi-axes of each ellipse is constant and equals .
Find the envelope of the family of parabolas:
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Find the parabola of safety, i.e., the envelope of the trajectories of projectiles launched with initial speed in a vertical plane at all possible launch angles (air resistance neglected).
Find the envelope of the family of curves:
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Find and investigate the discriminant curve of the family of curves:
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Find the envelope of the family of surfaces:
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Find the envelope of spheres of radius whose centers lie:
on the circle ;
on the cone .
Find the envelope of the ellipsoids having constant volume .