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Curves and surfaces in the context of optometry. Part 2: Surfaces
African Vision and Eye Health | South African Optometrist: Vol 65, No 1 | a246 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/aveh.v65i1.246
| © 2006 W.F. Harris
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Submitted: 19 December 2006 | Published: 19 December 2006
Submitted: 19 December 2006 | Published: 19 December 2006
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W.F. Harris, Optometric Science Research Group, Department of Optometry, and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South AfricaFull Text:
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This paper introduces the differential geom-etry of surfaces in Euclidean 3-space. The first and second fundamental forms of a surface are defined. The first fundamental form provides a metric for calculations of length and area on the surface. The second fundamental form deter-mines surface curvature and, hence, concepts of importance in optometry such as surface power and sagitta. The principal curvatures at a point on a surface are obtained as solutions of a qua-dratic equation. The torus is used to illustrate the methods.
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