In mathematics, the differential geometry of surfaces deals with the differential geometry of smooth surfaces with various additional structures, most...
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In differential geometry a translation surface is a surface that is generated by translations: For two space curves c 1 , c 2 {\displaystyle c_{1},c_{2}}...
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Differential geometry is a mathematical discipline that studies the geometry of smooth shapes and smooth spaces, otherwise known as smooth manifolds. It...
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methods—differential geometry, algebraic geometry, computational geometry, algebraic topology, discrete geometry (also known as combinatorial geometry), etc...
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mathematics, such as differential geometry and complex analysis. The various mathematical notions of surface can be used to model surfaces in the physical...
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Pseudosphere (redirect from Pseudospherical surface)
In geometry, a pseudosphere is a surface with constant negative Gaussian curvature. A pseudosphere of radius R is a surface in R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb...
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mathematics a translation surface is a surface obtained from identifying the sides of a polygon in the Euclidean plane by translations. An equivalent...
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In differential geometry, a triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) is a minimal surface in R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} that is invariant under...
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Theorema Egregium (category Differential geometry of surfaces)
Theorem") is a major result of differential geometry, proved by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1827, that concerns the curvature of surfaces. The theorem says that Gaussian...
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Sphere (redirect from Sphere (geometry))
A sphere (from Greek σφαῖρα, sphaîra) is a surface analogous to the circle, a curve. In solid geometry, a sphere is the set of points that are all at...
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Liouville surface, another generalization of a surface of revolution Spheroid Surface integral Translation surface (differential geometry) Middlemiss;...
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demonstrate how minimal surface theory lies at the crossroads of several mathematical disciplines, especially differential geometry, calculus of variations...
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Tangent (redirect from Tangent (geometry))
vector that is tangent to a curve or surface at a given point. Tangent vectors are described in the differential geometry of curves in the context of curves...
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Gauss map (category Differential geometry of surfaces)
In differential geometry, the Gauss map of a surface is a function that maps each point in the surface to its normal direction, a unit vector that is...
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solid geometry Contact geometry Convex geometry Descriptive geometry Differential geometry Digital geometry Discrete geometry Distance geometry Elliptic...
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In differential geometry, Riemann's minimal surface is a one-parameter family of minimal surfaces described by Bernhard Riemann in a posthumous paper published...
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Dupin indicatrix (category Differential geometry of surfaces)
In differential geometry, the Dupin indicatrix is a method for characterising the local shape of a surface. Draw a plane parallel to the tangent plane...
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Darboux frame (category Differential geometry of surfaces)
In the differential geometry of surfaces, a Darboux frame is a natural moving frame constructed on a surface. It is the analog of the Frenet–Serret frame...
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Genus (mathematics) (redirect from Genus (geometry))
{\displaystyle s} is the number of singularities when properly counted. In differential geometry, a genus of an oriented manifold M {\displaystyle M} may be defined...
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the 1950s. The classical nineteenth century approach to the differential geometry of surfaces, due in large part to Carl Friedrich Gauss, has been reworked...
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{OP}}.} The term position vector is used mostly in the fields of differential geometry, mechanics and occasionally vector calculus. Frequently this is...
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Bernstein's problem (redirect from Bernstein problem in differential geometry)
In differential geometry, Bernstein's problem is as follows: if the graph of a function on Rn−1 is a minimal surface in Rn, does this imply that the function...
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Spherical geometry or spherics (from Ancient Greek σφαιρικά) is the geometry of the two-dimensional surface of a sphere or the n-dimensional surface of higher...
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In the mathematical field of differential geometry a Liouville surface (named after Joseph Liouville) is a type of surface which in local coordinates may...
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Elliptic geometry is an example of a geometry in which Euclid's parallel postulate does not hold. Instead, as in spherical geometry, there are no parallel...
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In mathematics, differential forms on a Riemann surface are an important special case of the general theory of differential forms on smooth manifolds...
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manifolds. The modern notion of differential forms was pioneered by Élie Cartan. It has many applications, especially in geometry, topology and physics. For...
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foundation of most modern fields of geometry, including algebraic, differential, discrete and computational geometry. Usually the Cartesian coordinate system...
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Moving frame (redirect from Frame (differential geometry))
in conjunction with an origin) often used to study the extrinsic differential geometry of smooth manifolds embedded in a homogeneous space. In lay terms...
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Bernhard Riemann (category Differential geometers)
who made profound contributions to analysis, number theory, and differential geometry. In the field of real analysis, he is mostly known for the first...
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