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The radius of curvature of a curve at a point is

  • A.the reciprocal of the curvature there
  • B.the distance from the point to the nearest axis
  • C.the length of the tangent cut off by the axes
  • D.the radius of the largest circle lying wholly inside the curve

Answer: A

Curvature \( \kappa \) measures how fast the tangent direction turns per unit arc length, and the radius of curvature is \( \rho = 1/\kappa \). It is the radius of the circle that matches the curve in position, tangent and second derivative at the point, so a straight line has zero curvature and infinite radius

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