Lecture Notes for 120 - UCLA Department of Mathematics
Lecture Notes for 120 - UCLA Department of Mathematics
Lecture Notes for 120 - UCLA Department of Mathematics
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4.6. THE GAUSS FORMULAS 99<br />
or<br />
or<br />
@ 2 q<br />
@w 1 @w 2<br />
=<br />
@ ⇥ @q<br />
@w<br />
@u<br />
@q<br />
@v<br />
u w 1w 2<br />
@q<br />
@u +<br />
⇤<br />
=<br />
⇥ @q<br />
@u<br />
v w 1w 2<br />
@q<br />
@v + L w 1w 2<br />
N<br />
2<br />
@q<br />
@v<br />
N ⇤ 4<br />
3<br />
u u<br />
wu wv<br />
v v 5<br />
wu wv<br />
L wu L wv<br />
This means that we have introduced notation <strong>for</strong> the first two columns in [D w ] .<br />
The last column is related to the last row and will also be examined in the next<br />
chapter.<br />
As we shall see, and indeed already saw when considering polar coordinates in<br />
the plane, these <strong>for</strong>mulas are important <strong>for</strong> defining accelerations <strong>of</strong> curves. They<br />
are however also important <strong>for</strong> giving a proper definition <strong>of</strong> the Hessian or second<br />
derivative matrix <strong>of</strong> a function on a surface. This will be explored in an exercise<br />
later.<br />
The task <strong>of</strong> calculating the second fundamental <strong>for</strong>m is fairly straight<strong>for</strong>ward,<br />
but will be postponed until the next chapter. Calculating the Christ<strong>of</strong>fel symbols is<br />
more complicated and is delayed until we’ve gotten used to the second fundamental<br />
<strong>for</strong>m.<br />
Exercises.<br />
(1) Show that<br />
@N<br />
@w<br />
is always tangent to the surface.<br />
(2) Show that<br />
@ 2 q<br />
· N =<br />
@q · @N<br />
@w 1 @w 2 @w 2 @w 1<br />
This shows that the derivatives <strong>of</strong> the normal can be computed knowing<br />
the first and second fundamental <strong>for</strong>ms.<br />
(3) Show that [II] vanishes if and only if the normal vector is constant. Show<br />
in turn that this happens if and only if the surface is part <strong>of</strong> a plane.<br />
(4) Show that when q (u, v) is a Cartesian parametrization, i.e.,<br />
apple 1 0<br />
[I] =<br />
0 1<br />
then the Christ<strong>of</strong>fel symbols vanish. Hint: This is not obvious since we<br />
don’t know<br />
@2 q<br />
@w 1@w 2<br />
.