Chapter 4: Geometry
Chapter 4: Geometry
Chapter 4: Geometry
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Asymptotic direction<br />
Asymptotic line<br />
A direction Ù Ú for which Ò ¼<br />
A curve on Ë whose tangent line at each point<br />
coincides with an asymptotic direction<br />
Dupin’s indicatrix Ü ¾ ·¾Ü ½ ½Ü ¾ · Ü ¾ ¾ ¦½<br />
Elliptic point<br />
¾ ¼<br />
First fundamental form Á x ¡ x «¬´Ù Úµ Ù « Ù ¬<br />
First fundamental metric<br />
coef cients<br />
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´Ù Úµ Ù ¾ ·¾ ´Ù Úµ Ù Ú · ´Ù Úµ Ú ¾<br />
´Ù Úµ ½½´Ù Úµ x ½ ¡ x ½<br />
´Ù Úµ ½¾´Ù Úµ x ½ ¡ x ¾<br />
´Ù Úµ ¾¾´Ù Úµ x ¾ ¡ x ¾<br />
Fundamental differential x x « Ù « x Ù Ù · x Ú Ú (a repeated upper<br />
and lower index signifies a summation over the<br />
range « ½ ¾µ<br />
Gaussian curvature à ½ ¾<br />
¾ <br />
¾<br />
Geodesic curvature vector of<br />
curve on Ë through Ü<br />
k k ´k ¡ nµn ĐÙ « · ¬ Ù¬ Ù ℄x « where<br />
«<br />
¬<br />
denote the Christoffel symbols of the<br />
second kind for the metric «¬ , defined in<br />
Section 5.10<br />
Geodesic on Ë<br />
A curve on Ë which satisfies k ¼at each point<br />
Hyperbolic point ¾ ¼<br />
Line of curvature<br />
A curve on Ë whose tangent line at each point<br />
coincides with a principal direction<br />
Mean curvature<br />
À ½ · ¾ · ¾<br />
<br />
¾ ¾´ ¾ µ<br />
Normal curvature in the Ò k ¡ n ÁÁ <br />
Á<br />
Ù Ú direction<br />
Normal curvature vector of<br />
curve on Ë through Ü<br />
Normal line<br />
Normal vector<br />
Parabolic point<br />
Planar point<br />
Principal curvatures<br />
Principal directions<br />
k Ò ´k ¡ nµn<br />
«<br />
y Æ · x<br />
Æ x Ù ¢ x Ú<br />
¾ ¼not all of ¼<br />
¼<br />
The extreme values ½ and ¾ of Ò<br />
The perpendicular directions Ù Ú in which Ò<br />
attains its extreme values<br />
Second fundamental form ÁÁ x ¡ n «¬´Ù Úµ Ù « Ù ¬<br />
Second fundamental metric<br />
coef cients<br />
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´Ù Úµ Ù ¾ ·¾ ´Ù Úµ Ù Ú · ´Ù Úµ Ú ¾<br />
´Ù Úµ ½½´Ù Úµ x ½½ ¡ n<br />
´Ù Úµ ½¾´Ù Úµ x ½¾ ¡ n<br />
´Ù Úµ ¾¾´Ù Úµ x ¾¾ ¡ n<br />
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