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Euler Curvature Formula


The curvature of a surface satisfies

where is the normal curvature in a direction making an angle with the first principal direction and and are the principal curvatures.


See also

Principal Curvatures

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Euler Curvature Formula." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EulerCurvatureFormula.html

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