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In this chapter, we show how to extract geometric information from the second fundamental form of a surface or, equivalently, from its Weingarten map.
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Pressley, A. (2010). Gaussian, mean and principal curvatures. In: Elementary Differential Geometry. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-891-9_8
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