messy vectors

**heathrowjohnny** · February 2nd 2008, 10:11 PM

$\bold{r}(t) = (\cosh t) \bold{i} + (\sinh t) \bold{j} + t \bold{k}$

$\bold{v}(t) = (\sinh t) \bold{i} + (\cosh t) \bold{j} + \bold{k}$

So we want to do the same thing: find the cosine of the angle between $\bold{r}$ and $\bold{v}$ .

So: $\cos \theta = \frac{2e^{2t} + 2e^{-2t} + t}{\sqrt{4e^{4t} + 8 + 2e^{2t} + 4e^{-4t} + 2e^{-2t} + 2t^{2}e^{2t} + 2t^{2}e^{-2t} + t^{2}}}$

But the numerator is always positive, so $\bold{r}$ is never perpendicular to $v$ .

For $\bold{r}$ to be parallel to $\bold{v}$ , both the numerator and denominator have to equal each other. This is messy to solve. But I don't think there are values of $t$ for which $\bold{r}$ is parallel to $\bold{v}$ . Is this correct?

**mr fantastic** · February 2nd 2008, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by heathrowjohnny

$\bold{r}(t) = (\cosh t) \bold{i} + (\sinh t) \bold{j} + t \bold{k}$

$\bold{v}(t) = (\sinh t) \bold{i} + (\cosh t) \bold{j} + \bold{k}$

So we want to do the same thing: find the cosine of the angle between $\bold{r}$ and $\bold{v}$ .

So: $\cos \theta = \frac{2e^{2t} + 2e^{-2t} + t}{\sqrt{4e^{4t} + 8 + 2e^{2t} + 4e^{-4t} + 2e^{-2t} + 2t^{2}e^{2t} + 2t^{2}e^{-2t} + t^{2}}}$

But the numerator is always positive, so $\bold{r}$ is never perpendicular to $v$ .

For $\bold{r}$ to be parallel to $\bold{v}$ , both the numerator and denominator have to equal each other. This is messy to solve. But I don't think there are values of $t$ for which $\bold{r}$ is parallel to $\bold{v}$ . Is this correct?

Use the idea from my other post - the scalar business:

$\cosh t = \lambda \sinh t$ .... (1)

$\sinh t = \lambda \cosh t$ .... (2)

$t = \lambda$ ... (3)

Sub (3) into (1) and (2):

$\cosh t = t \sinh t$ .... (1')

$\sinh t = t \cosh t$ .... (2')

Sub (2') into (1'):

$\cosh t = t^2 \cosh t$ which has $t = \pm 1$ as its only solutions.

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