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Hello
I need help understanding this proof: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Curvature.html"
I understand everything from step 1 to step 7. However I don't understand how the result of step 7 is applied in step 8 and in step 9.
I understand that
\tan \phi=\frac{y'}{x'} (step 7)
and that
\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} t}\tan \phi=\sec^{2}\phi\frac{\mathrm{d} \phi}{\mathrm{d} t} (step 8)
But I don't understand how \tan \phi=\frac{y'}{x'} is applied to \frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} t}\tan \phi=\sec^{2}\phi\frac{\mathrm{d} \phi}{\mathrm{d} t} to get \frac{x'y''-y'x''}{x'^{2}}
Same for step 9
Can anyone help me?
I need help understanding this proof: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Curvature.html"
I understand everything from step 1 to step 7. However I don't understand how the result of step 7 is applied in step 8 and in step 9.
I understand that
\tan \phi=\frac{y'}{x'} (step 7)
and that
\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} t}\tan \phi=\sec^{2}\phi\frac{\mathrm{d} \phi}{\mathrm{d} t} (step 8)
But I don't understand how \tan \phi=\frac{y'}{x'} is applied to \frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} t}\tan \phi=\sec^{2}\phi\frac{\mathrm{d} \phi}{\mathrm{d} t} to get \frac{x'y''-y'x''}{x'^{2}}
Same for step 9
Can anyone help me?
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