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Principal normal vector (N)

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For a unit-speed curve with positive curvature of a space curve κ, the principal normal is N=T′/κ, with unit tangent vector T. It is perpendicular to T and points in the direction in which the tangent is turning. At zero curvature this formula does not define N.

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