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Paper Surface Geometry: Surveying a Locally Euclidean Universe

Authors :
Andrew D. Hwang
Source :
The American Mathematical Monthly. 120:487
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2013.

Abstract

The concepts of parallel transport and intrinsic (Gaussian) curvature arising in the differential geometry of surfaces may be pleasantly and concretely investigated using paper models and f...

Subjects

Subjects :
Mean curvature
Euclidean space
General Mathematics
Geometry
Curvature
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Analytic geometry
Classical mechanics
Euclidean geometry
Gaussian curvature
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Differential geometry of surfaces
Mathematics
Scalar curvature

Details

ISSN :
00029890
Volume :
120
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The American Mathematical Monthly
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........3605f8353f3792e6a07770711a252fbb

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