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    Catenoid

    Example plot

    Example plot

    Equations

    x(u, v) = a cos(u) cosh(v/a)
y(u, v) = a sin(u) cosh(v/a)
z(u, v) = v

    Surface properties

    g = 0

    ds^2 = a^2 cosh^2(v/a) du^2 + cosh^2(v/a) dv^2

    dA = a cosh^2(v/a) du dv

    x^_ = (0, 0, 0)

    K(u, v) = -(sech^4(v/a))/a^2

    Metric properties

    g_(uu) = a^2 cosh^2(v/a)
g_(vv) = cosh^2(v/a)

    Γ | u | 
 | | uv = tanh(v/a)/a
Γ | u | 
 | | vu = tanh(v/a)/a
Γ | v | 
 | | uu = -a tanh(v/a)
Γ | v | 
 | | vv = tanh(v/a)/a

    E(u, v) = a^2 cosh^2(v/a)
F(u, v) = 0
G(u, v) = cosh^2(v/a)

    e(u, v) = -a
f(u, v) = 0
g(u, v) = 1/a

    Vector properties

    left double bracketing bar x(u, v) right double bracketing bar = sqrt(a^2 cosh((2 v)/a) + a^2 + 2 v^2)/sqrt(2)

    N^^(u, v) = (-cos(u) sech(v/a), -sech(v/a) sin(u), tanh(v/a))

    Properties

    minimal surfaces | surfaces of revolution

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