Tangent, normal, and binormal vectors
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Intros
Lessons
- Tangent, Normal, & Binormal Vectors Overview:
- Tangent & Unit Tangent vectors
- vector function
- tangent to the vector function
- unit vector tangent to the vector function
- Unit Normal Vector
- orthogonal to and
- A unit vector (length of 1)
- Binormal Vector
- orthogonal to both and
- Calculated by taking the cross product
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Examples
Lessons
- Finding the Tangent Vector and Line
Find the tangent line to the vector function at . - Find the tangent line to the vector function at .
- Finding the Unit Tangent Vector Function
Find the unit tangent vector for the given vector function: - Finding the Unit Normal Vector
Find the unit normal vector for the given vector function: - Find the unit normal vector for the given vector function:
- Finding the Binormal Vector
Find the binormal vector for the given vector function: