Hello can someone please help explain the following:
A very thin wire is coiled N times to form a solenoid of length H. The radius is R. What length of wire should you purchase? Use the azimuthal angle to parameterize the helix
I know the answer to this problem and how to solve for L, I just don't understand how I would parameterize this problem such that the answer is as follows: gamma=R, azimuthal angle= t and z=(H/N)(t/2pi) (the answer)
can someone please help explain this, sorry for the bad formatting.
What about the parameterization $$ x=R\cos t, y=R\sin t, z = (H/N)(t/{2\pi })$$