Chapter 11: Q. 4 (page 871)
State what it means for a vector function to be differentiable.
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Proved that the given function is said to be differentiable
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Chapter 11: Q. 4 (page 871)
State what it means for a vector function to be differentiable.
Proved that the given function is said to be differentiable
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The DNA molecule takes the shape of a double helix鈥攖wo helices that stay a roughly uniform distance apart.
(a) Neglecting actual dimensions, we can model one strand of DNA using the vector function .
Sketch the graph of . What is the effect of the parameter ?
(b) The second strand of DNA can be constructed by shifting the first. Does the graph of ever intersect that of ?
(c) The distance between two curves is the minimum distance between any two points on the curves. What is the distance between and if ? (Hint: Write two points on the curves using parameters and , expand the formula for the distance between them, and then use a trigonometric identity for addition. Then let
and minimize.).

Evaluate and simplify the indicated quantities in Exercises 35鈥41.
Let be a differentiable real-valued function of , and let be a differentiable vector function with three components such that is in the domain of for every value of on some interval I. Prove that . (This is Theorem 11.8.)
In Exercises 19鈥21 sketch the graph of a vector-valued function with the specified properties. Be sure to indicate the direction of increasing values oft.
Domain
Given a vector-valued function r(t) with domain what is the relationship between the graph of r(t) and the graph of r(kt), where k > 1 is a scalar?
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