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3. Differential Geometry of Surfaces
Subsections
- 3.1 Tangent plane and surface normal
- 3.2 First fundamental form I (metric)
- 3.3 Second fundamental form II (curvature)
- 3.4 Principal curvatures
- 3.5 Gaussian and mean curvatures
- 3.5.1 Explicit surfaces
- 3.5.2 Implicit surfaces
- 3.6 Euler's theorem and Dupin's indicatrix
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