Paper 2, Section II, H
Part II, 2009
(a) Let be a smooth regular curve, parametrized by arc length, such that for all . Define the Frenet frame associated to and derive the Frenet formulae, identifying curvature and torsion.
(b) Let be as above such that , where denote the curvature of , respectively, and denote the torsion. Show that there exists a and such that
[You may appeal to standard facts about ordinary differential equations provided that they are clearly stated.]
(c) Let be a closed regular plane curve, bounding a region . Let denote the area of , and let denote the signed curvature at .
Show that there exists a point such that
[You may appeal to any standard theorem provided that it is clearly stated.]