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Principal curvature ( $k_{1}, k_{2}$ )

The principal curvatures are the two eigenvalues

k_{1}, k_{2}

of the shape operator. Thus

K = k_{1} k_{2}

and

H = (k_{1} + k_{2}) /2

.

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