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DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY: A First Course in Curves and Surfaces

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§2. The Gauss Map <strong>and</strong> the Second Fundamental Form 51EXERCISES 2.2*1. Check that the parameter curves are l<strong>in</strong>es of curvature if <strong>and</strong> only if F = m =0. Show,moreover, that <strong>in</strong> this event, we have the pr<strong>in</strong>cipal curvatures k 1 = l/E <strong>and</strong> k 2 = n/G.♯ 2. a. Show that the matrix represent<strong>in</strong>g the l<strong>in</strong>ear map S P : T P M → T P M with respect to thebasis {x u , x v } isI −1P II P =[EF] −1 [F lG m]m.n(H<strong>in</strong>t: It suffices to check S P (x u ) · x u , S P (x u ) · x v , <strong>and</strong> so on.)ln − m2b. Deduce that K =EG − F 2 .3. Compute the second fundamental form II P of the follow<strong>in</strong>g parametrized surfaces. Then calculatethe matrix of the shape operator, determ<strong>in</strong>e H <strong>and</strong> K.a. the cyl<strong>in</strong>der: x(u, v) =(a cos u, a s<strong>in</strong> u, v)*b. the torus: x(u, v) =((a + b cos u) cos v, (a + b cos u) s<strong>in</strong> v, b s<strong>in</strong> u) (0

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