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  2. Arc length - Wikipedia

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    For example, consider the problem of finding the length of a quarter of the unit circle by numerically integrating the arc length integral. The upper half of the unit circle can be parameterized as y = 1 − x 2 . {\displaystyle y={\sqrt {1-x^{2}}}.}

  3. Tractrix - Wikipedia

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    The arc length of one branch between x = x 1 and x = x 2 is a ln ⁠ y 1 / y 2 ⁠. The area between the tractrix and its asymptote is ⁠ π a 2 / 2 ⁠ , which can be found using integration or Mamikon's theorem .

  4. Hypocycloid - Wikipedia

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    The arc length of a hypocycloid is given by: [7] = ... For example, the allowed values of the sum of diagonal entries for a matrix in SU(3), are precisely the points ...

  5. Estimation lemma - Wikipedia

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    1 Example. 2 See also. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... where l(Γ) is the arc length of ... Problem. Find an upper bound for ...

  6. Whewell equation - Wikipedia

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    Important quantities in the Whewell equation. The Whewell equation of a plane curve is an equation that relates the tangential angle (φ) with arc length (s), where the tangential angle is the angle between the tangent to the curve at some point and the x-axis, and the arc length is the distance along the curve from a fixed point.

  7. Degree of curvature - Wikipedia

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    As an example, a curve with an arc length of 600 units that has an overall sweep of 6 degrees is a 1-degree curve: For every 100 feet of arc, the bearing changes by 1 degree. The radius of such a curve is 5729.57795.

  8. Spherical trigonometry - Wikipedia

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    In practical applications it is often small: for example the triangles of geodetic survey typically have a spherical excess much less than 1' of arc. [14] On the Earth the excess of an equilateral triangle with sides 21.3 km (and area 393 km 2) is approximately 1 arc second. There are many formulae for the excess.

  9. Torsion of a curve - Wikipedia

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    Animation of the torsion and the corresponding rotation of the binormal vector. Let r be a space curve parametrized by arc length s and with the unit tangent vector T.If the curvature κ of r at a certain point is not zero then the principal normal vector and the binormal vector at that point are the unit vectors