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  2. Curvature - Wikipedia

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    The normal curvature, k n, is the curvature of the curve projected onto the plane containing the curve's tangent T and the surface normal u; the geodesic curvature, k g, is the curvature of the curve projected onto the surface's tangent plane; and the geodesic torsion (or relative torsion), τ r, measures the rate of change of the surface ...

  3. Kappa curve - Wikipedia

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    The kappa curve has two vertical asymptotes. In geometry, the kappa curve or Gutschoven's curve is a two-dimensional algebraic curve resembling the Greek letter ϰ (kappa).The kappa curve was first studied by Gérard van Gutschoven around 1662.

  4. Frenet–Serret formulas - Wikipedia

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    The first Frenet-Serret formula holds by the definition of the normal N and the curvature κ, and the third Frenet-Serret formula holds by the definition of the torsion τ. Thus what is needed is to show the second Frenet-Serret formula. Since T, N, B are orthogonal unit vectors with B = T × N, one also has T = N × B and N = B × T.

  5. Metric tensor (general relativity) - Wikipedia

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    The metric captures all the geometric and causal structure of spacetime, being used to define notions such as time, distance, volume, curvature, angle, and separation of the future and the past. In general relativity, the metric tensor plays the role of the gravitational potential in the classical theory of gravitation, although the physical ...

  6. Intrinsic equation - Wikipedia

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    The Cesàro equation is obtained as a relation between arc length and curvature. The equation of a circle (including a line) for example is given by the equation κ ( s ) = 1 r {\displaystyle \kappa (s)={\tfrac {1}{r}}} where s {\displaystyle s} is the arc length, κ {\displaystyle \kappa } the curvature and r {\displaystyle r} the radius of ...

  7. Euler's theorem (differential geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Provided not all κ X are equal, there is some unit vector X 1 for which k 1 = κ X 1 is as large as possible, and another unit vector X 2 for which k 2 = κ X 2 is as small as possible. Euler's theorem asserts that X 1 and X 2 are perpendicular and that, moreover, if X is any vector making an angle θ with X 1, then

  8. Euler–Bernoulli beam theory - Wikipedia

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    The first four modes of a vibrating freefree Euler-Bernoulli beam. A freefree beam is a beam without any supports. [ 6 ] The boundary conditions for a freefree beam of length L {\displaystyle L} extending from x = 0 {\displaystyle x=0} to x = L {\displaystyle x=L} are given by:

  9. Einstein tensor - Wikipedia

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    In index-free notation it is defined as =, where is the Ricci tensor, is the metric tensor and is the scalar curvature, which is computed as the trace of the Ricci tensor by ⁠ = ⁠. In component form, the previous equation reads as G μ ν = R μ ν − 1 2 g μ ν R . {\displaystyle G_{\mu \nu }=R_{\mu \nu }-{1 \over 2}g_{\mu \nu }R.}