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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 3 12E i Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Take the parallel at height one,It has constant speed . Its distance from the axis is the constant , and its tangent is parallel to the parallel, so and it satisfies the Clairaut first integral for a surface of revolution.
However,whereas a normal vector to at isThese vectors are not parallel. By the ambient acceleration criterion for a surface geodesic, is not a geodesic. Thus constant speed together with Clairaut's relation is not sufficient for the geodesic equations.
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