Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Mar 2005)

On the patterns of principal curvature lines around a curve of umbilic points

  • Ronaldo Garcia,
  • Jorge Sotomayor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652005000100002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 77, no. 1
pp. 13 – 24

Abstract

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In this paper is studied the behavior of principal curvature lines near a curve of umbilic points of a smooth surface.Neste trabalho estuda-se o comportamento das linhas de curvatura principal próximas a uma curva de pontos umbílicos, numa superfície suave.

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