differential geometry, the two principal curvatures at a given point of a surface are the maximum and minimum values of the curvature as expressed by the eigenvalues...
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In mathematics, curvature is any of several strongly related concepts in geometry that intuitively measure the amount by which a curve deviates from being...
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Gaussian curvature or Gauss curvature Κ of a smooth surface in three-dimensional space at a point is the product of the principal curvatures, κ1 and κ2...
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In differential geometry, the radius of curvature, R, is the reciprocal of the curvature. For a curve, it equals the radius of the circular arc which best...
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differential geometry, the curvature form describes curvature of a connection on a principal bundle. The Riemann curvature tensor in Riemannian geometry...
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Parametric surface (section Curvature)
such as the first and second fundamental forms, Gaussian, mean, and principal curvatures can all be computed from a given parametrization. The simplest type...
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Differential geometry of surfaces (section First and second fundamental forms, the shape operator, and the curvature)
called the principal curvatures. Their average is called the mean curvature of the surface, and their product is called the Gaussian curvature. There are...
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maximal curvature κ 1 {\displaystyle \kappa _{1}} and minimal curvature κ 2 {\displaystyle \kappa _{2}} are known as the principal curvatures of S {\displaystyle...
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with equal and opposite principal curvatures. Additionally, this makes minimal surfaces into the static solutions of mean curvature flow. By the Young–Laplace...
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Earth radius (redirect from Earth radius of curvature)
also coincide with minimum and maximum radius of curvature. There are two principal radii of curvature: along the meridional and prime-vertical normal...
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Look up affine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The principal curvature-based region detector, also called PCBR is a feature detector used in the fields...
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total mean curvature among all convex solids with a given surface area. The mean curvature is the average of the two principal curvatures, which is constant...
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of the principal curvatures is the Gaussian curvature of the surface (negative for saddle shaped surfaces). The mean of the principal curvatures is the...
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section’s profile and the helix angle. In particular, the first principal curvature is calculated as κ 1 s = cos ( φ ) r m − r b cos ( φ ) {\displaystyle...
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horizontally along a radius, non-zero principal curvatures are created along the bend, dictating that the other principal curvature at these points must be zero...
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Membrane curvature is the geometrical measure or characterization of the curvature of membranes. The membranes can be naturally occurring or man-made...
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function, the principal curvature across the edge would be much larger than the principal curvature along it. Finding these principal curvatures amounts to...
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dimensions has a ridge point when a line of curvature has a local maximum or minimum of principal curvature. The set of ridge points form curves on the...
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In differential geometry, the Ricci curvature tensor, named after Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, is a geometric object which is determined by a choice of Riemannian...
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The principal curvatures are the eigenvalues of the shape operator, the principal curvature directions are its eigenvectors, the Gaussian curvature is...
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result on the curvature of curves on a surface. The theorem establishes the existence of principal curvatures and associated principal directions which...
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Cardinal point (optics) (redirect from Principal plane)
and R 1 {\textstyle R_{1}} and R 2 {\textstyle R_{2}} are the radii of curvature of its surfaces. Positive signs indicate distances to the right of the...
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whose principal curvatures have globally constant multiplicities. A hypersurface is called a Dupin hypersurface if the multiplicity of each principal curvature...
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mathematical field of Riemannian geometry, the scalar curvature (or the Ricci scalar) is a measure of the curvature of a Riemannian manifold. To each point on a...
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points the normal curvatures in all directions are equal, hence, both principal curvatures are equal, and every tangent vector is a principal direction. The...
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space. Principal curvature is the maximum and minimum normal curvatures at a point on a surface. Principal direction is the direction of the principal curvatures...
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three, typically, principal components of the system are of interest (representing "shift", "twist", and "curvature"). These principal components are derived...
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and the eigenvectors are the principal directions of curvature. (See Gaussian curvature § Relation to principal curvatures.) Hessian matrices are used...
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general relativity, curvature invariants are a set of scalars formed from the Riemann, Weyl and Ricci tensors — which represent curvature, hence the name...
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Vertex (geometry) (redirect from Principal vertex)
of a curve, its points of extreme curvature: in some sense the vertices of a polygon are points of infinite curvature, and if a polygon is approximated...
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