Equation (2) defines r as a vector function of the real variable t

on the interval I. More

generally, a vector function or vector-valued function on a
domain set D is a rule that
We
referato
real-valued
functions
scalarinfunctions
to distinguish
assigns
vector
in space
to each as
element
D.
them from vector
functions. The components of r are scalar functions of t. When we
define a vector-valued
function by giving its component functions, we assume the vector