Question: Show that the path given by r(t) = (cos t, cos(2t), sin t) intersects the xy-plane infinitely many times, but the underlying space curve intersects

Show that the path given by r(t) = (cos t, cos(2t), sin t) intersects the xy-plane infinitely many times, but the underlying space curve intersects the xy-plane only twice.

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