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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 />

<br />

<br />

<br />

´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 />

<br />

<br />

<br />

´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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