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Frenet-Serret Formalism for a Helix



The Frenet formalism for a helix is explored with the Space Curves tutor, and with the Context Menu. It is also obtained stepwise from first principles.

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Note: In Maple 2018, context-sensitive menus were incorporated into the new Maple Context Panel, located on the right side of the Maple window. If you are using Maple 2018, instead of right-clicking to bring up a menu, as shown in many of these videos, you will find the operations you need in the Context Panel. Learn how the Context Panel and other improvements in Maple 2018 let you and your students do even more with less effort.

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    Download the Maple document

    Solution8-1_FrenetSerret.mw


    Download the videos used in this example

    Solution 8-1 FrenetSerret.zip


    Dig Deeper: Related topics from Maple online help

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     Tangent Vecor
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     Curvature
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