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A hyperbola with focus of a conic $F$, directrix of a conic $D$ not containing $F$, and eccentricity $e>1$ is the locusPut $c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}$ and $e=c/a>1$. For $F=(c,0)$ and $D=\{x=a^2/c\}$, the defining equality becomesBoth sides are nonnegative, so squaring is reversible. Expanding and cancelling the linear terms givesThus the two matched focus of a conic and directrix of a conic choices, related by reflection, areThe signs in each pair must agree.

On the hyperbola, $y=\pm (b/a)\sqrt{x^2-a^2}$. As $|x|\to \infty$,Hence the perpendicular distance to one of the two straight lines tends to zero on each end of a branch. The asymptotes are therefore

Decompose $\mathbf{v}$ by orthogonal projection onto the straight line spanned by $\mathbf{n}$ and its orthogonal complement:The first term is fixed by the rotation. If $\mathbf{w}\ne 0$, the vectors $\mathbf{w}/|\mathbf{w}|$ and $(\mathbf{n}\times \mathbf{w})/|\mathbf{w}|$ form an orthonormal basis of the perpendicular plane, oriented in the positive sense about $\mathbf{n}$. A planar rotation through $\theta$ therefore sendsHere $\mathbf{n}\times \mathbf{w}=\mathbf{n}\times \mathbf{v}$. Adding the fixed parallel component proves the Rodrigues rotation formula in the required form:When $\mathbf{w}=0$, both perpendicular terms vanish, so the same formula fixes $\mathbf{v}$ as required. Positive angles use the right-hand convention about $\mathbf{n}$.

The straight line $2x=y=z$ has direction vector $(1,2,2)$, so take the unit vector $\mathbf{n}=(1,2,2{)}^T/3$. A half-turn has $\cos \pi =-1$ and $\sin \pi =0$. The preceding rotation formula becomesThus the rotation matrix in the standard basis isIt fixes $(1,2,2{)}^T$ and negates every vector in its orthogonal complement, which also checks the half-turn geometrically.

The free-body diagram shows a meridional section of the right circular cone. On the first particle, gravity acts vertically downwards, tension points along the straight line to the apex, and the normal reaction is perpendicular to the surface. The smooth mechanical constraint supplies no tangential friction. The second particle has only its downward gravitational weight and the upward tension.

Adding the forces on each particle and applying Newton's second law givesAt $z_1=-r_1$, a normal vector is ${\mathbf{e}}_r+{\mathbf{e}}_z$. Its sign depends on the supporting face of the cone; either sign has zero dot product with every permitted velocity. The diagram chooses the reaction towards the upper side of the surface.

The quadric surface $x^2+y^2+z^2=1$ is the unit sphere centered at the origin. Each section $z=c$, for $|c|<1$, is a circle of radius $\sqrt{1-c^2}$.

The quadric surface $z=x^2+y^2$ is a circular elliptic paraboloid, opening in the positive $z$ direction with vertex at the origin. Its horizontal sections $z=c>0$ are circles of radius $\sqrt{c}$, and its vertical sections through the $z$ axis are parabolas.

For $a{x}^2+y^2=0$, $z$ is unrestricted. If $a>0$, both nonnegative terms must vanish, so the locus is the $z$ axis, a straight line. If $a=0$, it is the plane $y=0$, represented by the repeated factor $y^2$. If $a<0$, factorization givesso the locus is two distinct planes, $y=\pm \sqrt{-a}x$, meeting along the $z$ axis. These are degenerate quadrics, not ordinary curved cylinders.

Write $N=(n_1,n_2,n_3)$. Restriction to the plane $z=0$ givesThis is an equation of degree at most two in two Cartesian coordinates, the general algebraic form of a conic, with possible degenerate conics and an empty set of real points. No determinant hypothesis is needed for this substitution.

For an arbitrary plane, choose a point ${\mathbf{x}}_0$ and an orthonormal basis $\mathbf{e},\mathbf{f}$ of its direction linear subspace. Put $B=(\mathbf{e}\mathbf{f})$ and $\mathbf{x}={\mathbf{x}}_0+B\mathbf{\xi }$, where $\mathbf{\xi }=(s,t{)}^T$. With $S=(M+M^T)/2$, the symmetric part of a matrix, the restricted equation isThis proves the plane-section result whenever “conic” allows the appropriate degeneracies. A rigid motion taking the chosen plane to $z=0$ gives the same argument.

The source's assumption $\det M\ne 0$ does not guarantee a nondegenerate conic. Even with $M=I$ and $f=x^2+y^2+z^2-1$, the section $z=1$ is a single point, and $z=2$ has no real points. With the nonsingular symmetric matrix giving $f=2xz+y^2$, the section $z=0$ is the repeated straight line $y=0$.

There is a further literal omission: the source does not assume $M$ is symmetric. Forone has $\det M=2$ but $f=2xz$. Thus the section $z=0$ is the entire plane, rather than a conic. Only $S$ controls the quadratic form; invertibility of an arbitrary $M$ cannot remove this exception. If the intended hypothesis is that $M$ is symmetric and nonsingular, the quadratic restriction to a plane cannot vanish identically: otherwise $B^{T}MB=0$, so $M$ would map a two-dimensional linear subspace injectively into its one-dimensional orthogonal complement, which is impossible. Degenerate and empty sections still remain possible.

On the circular cylinder, $\rho =R$ is constant, so the given line element reduces to $d{s}^2=R^{2}d{\varphi }^2+d{z}^2$. Unroll the circular cylinder with $u=R\varphi$. The line element is then $d{s}^2=d{u}^2+d{z}^2$, so the usual Euclidean geometry formula measures arc length in the $(u,z)$ plane.

The endpoint has infinitely many lifts $(R({\varphi }_1+2\pi k),z_1)$, with $k\in \mathbb{Z}$. For each lift, the straight line segment is shortest; its length is $\sqrt{R^2({\varphi }_1+2\pi k{)}^2+z_1^2}$. Comparing the lifts gives the unrestricted shortest path on a circular cylinder:If $\delta$ is a minimizing angular increment, a shortest geodesic is parametrized by $(\rho ,\varphi ,z)=(R,\delta t,z_{1}t)$, $0\le t\le 1$. This is a helix when both increments are nonzero, and a circular arc or vertical generator in the limiting cases. A nonminimal lift also gives a geodesic, but it is only shortest within its fixed winding class.

For $0\le {\varphi }_1\le 2\pi$, put $m=\min ({\varphi }_1,2\pi -{\varphi }_1)$. Then $\boxed{L_{\min }=\sqrt{R^2{m}^2+z_1^2}}$. At ${\varphi }_1=\pi$, both winding directions give distinct shortest paths of equal length.

Parametrize the straight line by $r(t)=(t,t,t)$, $0\le t\le 1$, with $r^{\prime }(t)=(1,1,1)$. Substituting into the vector field and taking the dot product givesHence the direct line integral is

Parametrize the straight line by $\mathbf{x}(t)=(t,t,t)$, $0\le t\le 1$. The line integral isThe change in scalar potential is $\psi (1,1,1)-\psi (0,0,0)=-3$, so the answer is $-\Delta \psi$, as required by the fundamental theorem for line integrals for $\mathbf{F}=-\nabla \psi$.

At $\mu =0$, the first and third equations both reduce to $y=1$, while the second gives $x+z=2$. All solutions form the straight lineThe limit of the nonzero-$\mu$ solution selects only the point $(1,1,1)$ on this whole line; setting a parameter to its singular value can enlarge the solution set.

In the nonsingular case the unique solution isGeometrically this is a single selected point of the straight line through $\mathbf{a}$ parallel to $\mathbf{c}$.

When $\mathbf{b}\cdot \mathbf{c}=1$ and $\mathbf{b}\cdot \mathbf{a}=0$, the solution set is that entire straight line, $\mathbf{a}+\lambda \mathbf{c}$. The remaining case has empty solution set. In matrix terms the equation is $(I-\mathbf{c}{\mathbf{b}}^T)\mathbf{x}=\mathbf{a}$, a rank-one matrix update of the identity matrix.

Take the cross product with $\mathbf{c}$. Since $\mathbf{c}\times \mathbf{c}=0$, the equation impliesAs $\mathbf{c}\ne 0$, the displacement is parallel to $\mathbf{c}$. ThereforeThis is a necessary condition; substitution must still determine which points on this straight line satisfy the full equation.

The denominator requires $z\ne 0$. Write $z^2=u+iv$, where $u=x^2-y^2$ and $v=2xy$. Multiplication by the nonzero denominator givesso $u=0$. Conversely, if $u=0$ and $z\ne 0$, then $v\ne 0$ and $v/(iv)=-i$. Thus the required Argand diagram consists exactly ofThese are two perpendicular straight lines, with the origin removed as shown in the figure in part (i).

Since $z^2=(x^2-y^2)+2ixy$, equating its real part and imaginary part gives $x^2-y^2=2xy$, orThe quadratic equation in $y$ factors as $[y-(-1+\sqrt{2})x][y-(-1-\sqrt{2})x]=0$. Thus the set is the union of two straight lines through the origin:Their slopes multiply to $-1$, so they are perpendicular. Their angles to the real axis are $\pi /8$ and $-3\pi /8$, modulo $\pi$. The origin is included.

The straight line consists of $\mathbf{y}+s(\mathbf{z}-\mathbf{y})$, with $s\in \mathbb{R}$. Since the endpoints are distinct, the direction vector can be normalized. ChoosePutting $t=s|\mathbf{z}-\mathbf{y}|$ gives the required parametric equation of a straight line $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{p}+t\hat{\mathbf{q}}$. Other choices of $\mathbf{p}$ on the same straight line, or the opposite direction for $\hat{\mathbf{q}}$, give equivalent descriptions.

Decompose $\mathbf{p}$ into its orthogonal projections parallel and perpendicular to $\hat{\mathbf{a}}$. Since $\mathbf{p}\times \hat{\mathbf{a}}$ removes the parallel component,The last vector is the displacement to the point of the straight line nearest the origin. HenceThe original PDF has $c=|\mathbf{c}|$, not the squared magnitude inserted by the OCR.

The unit vector $\hat{\mathbf{a}}$ specifies the direction of the straight line. Reversing its sign, together with the sign of $\mathbf{c}$, leaves the same straight line.

Take the cross product with $\hat{\mathbf{q}}$:Thus one choice isConversely, this cross product equation implies $(\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{p})\times \hat{\mathbf{q}}=0$, so $\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{p}$ is parallel to $\hat{\mathbf{q}}$. It therefore describes precisely the original straight line.

A necessary compatibility condition is $\mathbf{f}\cdot \hat{\mathbf{g}}=0$, because a cross product with $\hat{\mathbf{g}}$ is perpendicular to it. If this condition fails, there is no solution.

If it holds, take $\hat{\mathbf{g}}\times$ the equation and use the vector triple product identity:Thus the perpendicular orthogonal projection is fixed and the parallel component is free:Conversely, $(\hat{\mathbf{g}}\times \mathbf{f})\times \hat{\mathbf{g}}=\mathbf{f}$ under the compatibility condition, so every displayed vector solves the equation. The solution set is a straight line, including the line through the origin when $\mathbf{f}=0$.

Parameterize the straight line by $\mathbf{r}(t)=(t,t,t{)}^T$, $0\le t\le 1$. Then ${\mathbf{r}}^{\prime }=(1,1,1{)}^T$ and the line integral becomes