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Lecture Notes for 120 - UCLA Department of Mathematics

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B.3. MONGE PATCHES 183<br />

To find the first fundamental <strong>for</strong>m <strong>of</strong> this surface we have to calculate<br />

Thus<br />

d<br />

dt<br />

dh 1<br />

h (ln t) =<br />

q<br />

ds t<br />

= 1 (r 0 ) 2 1<br />

t<br />

=<br />

apple 1 1<br />

I= t<br />

+ 1 4<br />

q<br />

1 ( exp ( s)) 2 1<br />

t<br />

= p 1 exp ( 2lnt) 1<br />

r<br />

t<br />

1 1<br />

= 1<br />

t 2 t<br />

1<br />

t 2 t<br />

0 2 1 =<br />

0<br />

t 2<br />

apple 1<br />

t 2 0<br />

0<br />

1<br />

t 2<br />

This is exactly what the first fundamental <strong>for</strong>m <strong>for</strong> the upper half plane looked like.<br />

But the domains <strong>for</strong> the two are quite different. What we have achieved is a local<br />

representation <strong>of</strong> part <strong>of</strong> the upper half plane.<br />

Exercises.<br />

(1) Show that geodesics on a surface <strong>of</strong> revolution satisfy Clairaut’s condition:<br />

r sin is constant, where is the angle the geodesic <strong>for</strong>ms with the<br />

meridians.<br />

B.3. Monge Patches<br />

This is more complicated than the previous case, but that is only to be expected<br />

as all surfaces admit Monge patches. We consider q (u, v) =(u, v, f (u, v)) . Thus<br />

✓<br />

@q<br />

@u = 1, 0, @f ◆<br />

,<br />

@u<br />

✓<br />

@q<br />

= 0, 1, @f ◆<br />

@v<br />

@v<br />

N =<br />

r<br />

1+<br />

⇣<br />

@f<br />

@u , @f<br />

⇣<br />

@f<br />

@u<br />

@v ,<br />

1 ⌘<br />

⌘ 2<br />

+<br />

⇣<br />

@f<br />

@v<br />

⌘ 2

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