Question #1:
If I have a vector $v = (v_x, v_y, v_z)$ then $(r v_x/\ell, r v_y/\ell, r v_z/\ell)$
where $\ell = \sqrt{ v_x^2 + v_y^2 + v_z^2 }$ and
with $-1/2 \leq r \leq 1/2$ is the parametric equation for a line segment of length $1$
which passes through the origin in the
direction of $v$.
Let $c(t) = (x(t), y(t), z(t))$ be a curve in three dimensions. If you take the cross
product of the vector from the origin to $c(t)$ with the tangent vector of $c(t)$,
then (most of the time) you have a vector which is perpendicular to the curve.
There are some rare exceptions when the distance vector of the curve is parallel to the
tangent vector.
Write a function ribonify which accepts a curve $c(t) = (x(t), y(t), z(t))$
and returns the equation
of a surface such that for each point $c(t_0)$ on the curve, the surface in the range
$-1/2 \leq r \leq 1/2$ is a line segment of length $1$, centered at $c(t_0)$,
which is perpendicular to the curve
and the vector from the origin to $c(t_0)$.
If your program is correct, you should be able to reproduce the example below.
Give the example of a curve $c_1(t) = (x_1(t), y_1(t), z_1(t))$ and an interval for a range of $t$ ...
(a) where the curve is non-zero but ribonify is undefined everywhere in that interval
(b) where the curve is non-zero but ribonify is defined except at a single point or a
few points in the interval
Explain your answer clearly.
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