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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ii Paper 2 25H d iii Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
False. Use the same flat-point construction for both curves and make their tangent fields identical for . For , let one curve bend in the -plane and let the other bend in the plane spanned by and , where this second plane is neither the -plane nor its reflection fixing the -plane. The two curves have the same curvature everywhere and zero torsion away from .
Any rigid motion relating them parameterwise would be fixed by their common nonstraight arc for ; its orthogonal part can only fix the -plane pointwise and possibly reflect its normal. It therefore cannot carry the chosen positive-side plane to the other one. The curves need not be related by a rigid motion.
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