Software
Circle of curvature
Author
Franke, Herbert W.
Abstract
Circle, curvature, tangent to the curve The circle of curvature is a visual expression of the curvature of a curve at a given point. The circle of curvature, or osculating circle, of a curve at a point is the circle tangent to the curve with the same curvature. This Demonstration shows the circles of curvature along several curves.
For a nice animation, run the two sliders simultaneously in the back and forth mode Componente Curricular::Educação Superior::Ciências Exatas e da Terra::Matemática