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    Gaussian Curvature

    Basic definition

    Gaussian curvature is one type measure of the amount of "bending" a surface undergoes at a given point which is independent of the coordinate system used to describe it.

    Detailed definition

    Gaussian curvature, sometimes also called total curvature, is an intrinsic property of a space independent of the coordinate system used to describe it. The Gaussian curvature of a regular surface in R^3 at a point p is formally defined as
K(p) = det(S(p)), where S is the shape operator and det denotes the determinant.

    Educational grade level

    college level

    Associated person

    Carl Friedrich Gauss

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