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Calculus III

Tangential and normal acceleration

Acceleration written in the curve's own frame as $a_T\mathbf{T} + a_N\mathbf{N}$, with $a_T$ the rate the speed changes, $a_N = \kappa v^{2}$ the rate the path turns, and no component at all along the binormal.

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