Paper 2, Section II, H
Part II, 2013
Let be a regular curve parametrized by arc length having nowherevanishing curvature. State the Frenet relations between the tangent, normal and binormal vectors at a point, and their derivatives.
Let be a smooth oriented surface. Define the Gauss map , and show that its derivative at , is self-adjoint. Define the Gaussian curvature of at .
Now suppose that has image in and that its normal curvature is zero for all . Show that the Gaussian curvature of at a point of the curve is , where denotes the torsion of the curve.
If is a standard embedded torus, show that there is a curve on for which the normal curvature vanishes and the Gaussian curvature of is zero at all points of the curve.