全部书籍

专业

应用 关于 Coach 登录 开始阅读

书籍暂未推出简体中文版——当前显示英文版。

Mathematics · 术语表

什么是 Change of parameter?

又称: geometric arc

Definition 18.2 University Mathematics — Year 2 · 第 18 章 — Curves

A change of parameter of class Ck\mathcal{C}^k is a Ck\mathcal{C}^k diffeomorphism θ ⁣:J→I\theta \colon J \to I between intervals (θ′≠0\theta' \neq 0 everywhere). The arcs γ\gamma and γ∘θ\gamma \circ \theta are called equivalent; a geometric arc (or curve) is an equivalence class. Notions invariant under change of parameter — the trajectory, the tangent line, arc length, curvature — are called geometric.

示例

Example 18.4 (Speed changes nothing geometric)

Parametrize the unit circle by

γ(t)=(cos⁡t2, sin⁡t2),t∈[0, 2π].\gamma(t) = (\cos t^2,\ \sin t^2), \qquad t \in \intcc0{\sqrt{2\pi}} .

The speed ∥γ′(t)∥=2t\norm{\gamma'(t)} = 2t grows linearly, yet

L=∫02π2t  ⁣dt=2π,L = \int_0^{\sqrt{2\pi}}2t\,\dd t = 2\pi ,

the same length as at constant speed — as Theorem 18.7 promises, via the change of parameter t↦t2t \mapsto t^2. The tangent line, the curvature computed from Proposition 18.17, and every other geometric quantity agree as well; only t=0t = 0 deserves a glance, where γ′(0)=0\gamma'(0) = 0 makes this parametrization irregular although the trajectory is a perfect circle. Geometric statements tolerate bad parametrizations badly: reparametrize first, conclude second.

Example 18.5

The arc γ(t)=(t2,t3)\gamma(t) = (t^2, t^3) is C∞\mathcal{C}^\infty but not regular: γ′(0)=(0,0)\gamma'(0) = (0, 0). Its trajectory, the semicubical parabola y2=x3y^2 = x^3, has a cusp at the origin: smoothness of the parametrization does not prevent a geometric singularity where the velocity vanishes. This is why the regularity hypothesis γ′≠0\gamma' \neq 0 is not cosmetic.

在原文中阅读 →