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Gaussian curvature of a cone away from its vertex
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Geometry and topology
Differential geometry
Gauss map
Second fundamental form
Gaussian curvature
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Every regular cone parametrized by
X
(
r
,
t
)
=
r
c
(
t
)
has zero Gaussian curvature away from its vertex. Its unit normal is independent of
r
, while
X
rr
=
0
,
X
r
t
=
c
′
(
t
)
(72)
is tangent, so two coefficients of the
second fundamental form
vanish and
det
II
=
0
.
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