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  2. Normal (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    For a plane given by the general form plane equation + + + =, the vector = (,,) is a normal. For a plane whose equation is given in parametric form (,) = + +, where is a point on the plane and , are non-parallel vectors pointing along the plane, a normal to the plane is a vector normal to both and , which can be found as the cross product =.

  3. Hesse normal form - Wikipedia

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    In analytic geometry, the Hesse normal form (named after Otto Hesse) is an equation used to describe a line in the Euclidean plane, a plane in Euclidean space, or a hyperplane in higher dimensions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is primarily used for calculating distances (see point-plane distance and point-line distance ).

  4. Normal plane (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The normal section of a surface at a particular point is the curve produced by the intersection of that surface with a normal plane. [1] [2] [3] The curvature of the normal section is called the normal curvature. If the surface is bow or cylinder shaped, the maximum and the minimum of these curvatures are the principal curvatures.

  5. Plane (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Plane equation in normal form. In Euclidean geometry, a plane is a flat two-dimensional surface that extends indefinitely. Euclidean planes often arise as subspaces of three-dimensional space. A prototypical example is one of a room's walls, infinitely extended and assumed infinitesimal thin.

  6. Euclidean planes in three-dimensional space - Wikipedia

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    Plane equation in normal form. In Euclidean geometry, a plane is a flat two-dimensional surface that extends indefinitely. Euclidean planes often arise as subspaces of three-dimensional space. A prototypical example is one of a room's walls, infinitely extended and assumed infinitesimal thin.

  7. Frenet–Serret formulas - Wikipedia

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    The first Frenet-Serret formula holds by the definition of the normal N and the curvature κ, and the third Frenet-Serret formula holds by the definition of the torsion τ. Thus what is needed is to show the second Frenet-Serret formula. Since T, N, B are orthogonal unit vectors with B = T × N, one also has T = N × B and N = B × T.

  8. Distance from a point to a plane - Wikipedia

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    The formula for the closest point to the origin may be expressed more succinctly using notation from linear algebra.The expression + + in the definition of a plane is a dot product (,,) (,,), and the expression + + appearing in the solution is the squared norm | (,,) |.

  9. Euclidean plane - Wikipedia

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    Plane equation in normal form. In Euclidean geometry, a plane is a flat two-dimensional surface that extends indefinitely. Euclidean planes often arise as subspaces of three-dimensional space. A prototypical example is one of a room's walls, infinitely extended and assumed infinitesimal thin.