"first fundamental form" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (differential geometry) the Riemannian metric for 2-dimensional manifolds, i.e. given a surface with regular parametrization x(u,v), the first fundamental form is a set of three functions, {E, F, G}, dependent on u and v, which give information about local intrinsic curvature of the surface. These functions are given by Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Differential geometry
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