# Parametric surface

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A parametric surface is a surface in the Euclidean space \Bbb R^3 which is defined by a parametric equation with two parameters Parametric representation is a very general way to specify a surface, as well as implicit representation.wikipedia
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### Surface (mathematics)

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A parametric surface is a surface in the Euclidean space \Bbb R^3 which is defined by a parametric equation with two parameters Parametric representation is a very general way to specify a surface, as well as implicit representation.
In this case, one says that one has a parametric surface, which is parametrized by these two variables, called parameters.

### Surface area

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The curvature and arc length of curves on the surface, surface area, differential geometric invariants such as the first and second fundamental forms, Gaussian, mean, and principal curvatures can all be computed from a given parametrization.
Smooth surfaces, such as a sphere, are assigned surface area using their representation as parametric surfaces.

### Second fundamental form

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The curvature and arc length of curves on the surface, surface area, differential geometric invariants such as the first and second fundamental forms, Gaussian, mean, and principal curvatures can all be computed from a given parametrization.
The second fundamental form of a parametric surface

### First fundamental form

The curvature and arc length of curves on the surface, surface area, differential geometric invariants such as the first and second fundamental forms, Gaussian, mean, and principal curvatures can all be computed from a given parametrization.
be a parametric surface.

### Curve

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The curvature and arc length of curves on the surface, surface area, differential geometric invariants such as the first and second fundamental forms, Gaussian, mean, and principal curvatures can all be computed from a given parametrization.

### Vector-valued function

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where \vec{r} is a vector-valued function of the parameters (u, v) and the parameters vary within a certain domain D in the parametric uv-plane.

### Euclidean space

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A parametric surface is a surface in the Euclidean space \Bbb R^3 which is defined by a parametric equation with two parameters Parametric representation is a very general way to specify a surface, as well as implicit representation.

### Parametric equation

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A parametric surface is a surface in the Euclidean space \Bbb R^3 which is defined by a parametric equation with two parameters Parametric representation is a very general way to specify a surface, as well as implicit representation.

### Implicit surface

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A parametric surface is a surface in the Euclidean space \Bbb R^3 which is defined by a parametric equation with two parameters Parametric representation is a very general way to specify a surface, as well as implicit representation.

### Vector calculus

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Surfaces that occur in two of the main theorems of vector calculus, Stokes' theorem and the divergence theorem, are frequently given in a parametric form.

### Stokes' theorem

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Surfaces that occur in two of the main theorems of vector calculus, Stokes' theorem and the divergence theorem, are frequently given in a parametric form.

### Divergence theorem

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Surfaces that occur in two of the main theorems of vector calculus, Stokes' theorem and the divergence theorem, are frequently given in a parametric form.

### Arc length

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The curvature and arc length of curves on the surface, surface area, differential geometric invariants such as the first and second fundamental forms, Gaussian, mean, and principal curvatures can all be computed from a given parametrization.

### Gaussian curvature

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The curvature and arc length of curves on the surface, surface area, differential geometric invariants such as the first and second fundamental forms, Gaussian, mean, and principal curvatures can all be computed from a given parametrization.

### Mean curvature

The curvature and arc length of curves on the surface, surface area, differential geometric invariants such as the first and second fundamental forms, Gaussian, mean, and principal curvatures can all be computed from a given parametrization.

### Principal curvature

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The curvature and arc length of curves on the surface, surface area, differential geometric invariants such as the first and second fundamental forms, Gaussian, mean, and principal curvatures can all be computed from a given parametrization.

### Cylinder

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* The straight circular cylinder of radius R about x-axis has the following parametric representation: This is true for a circular cylinder, sphere, cone, torus, and a few other surfaces of revolution.

### Spherical coordinate system

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* Using the spherical coordinates, the unit sphere can be parameterized by

### Sphere

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* Using the spherical coordinates, the unit sphere can be parameterized by This is true for a circular cylinder, sphere, cone, torus, and a few other surfaces of revolution.

### Invertible matrix

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for any constants a, b, c, d such that ad − bc ≠ 0, i.e. the matrix is invertible.

### Rational surface

Castelnuovo's theoremCastelnuovo theoremMinimal rational surface

### Rational function

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### Algebraic surface

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### Surface of revolution

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This is true for a circular cylinder, sphere, cone, torus, and a few other surfaces of revolution.

### Taylor series

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The local shape of a parametric surface can be analyzed by considering the Taylor expansion of the function that parametrizes it.