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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2005 Paper 2 1 b Solution by
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Write the surfaces as level sets and . Their gradients are normal vectors to their tangent planes. At the specified point they are and , with dot product and squared norms . The angle between intersecting regular surfaces is the angle between their tangent planes, soBoth gradients are nonzero, ensuring that the tangent planes are defined.
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