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General Investigations of Curved Surfaces

General Investigations of Curved Surfaces - Dover Books on Mathematics

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Long regarded as a masterpiece in content and form, this work defines the concept of surface curvature and presents the important theorem stating that the "Gauss curvature" is invariant under arbitrary isometric deformation of a curved surface. This edition of Gauss's classic features a new introduction, bibliography, and notes by science historian Peter Pesic. 1902 edition.

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ISBN: 9780486446455
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint: Dover Publications
Pub date:
DEWEY: 516.36
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 144
Weight: 208g
Height: 158mm
Width: 236mm
Spine width: 17mm