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Circular cylinder
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Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-10-14
A
circular cylinder
of
radius
R
has
principal curvatures
0
and
±
1/
R
, according to orientation. Hence
K
=
0
and
∣
H
∣
=
1/
(
2
R
)
.
This is the circular generating-
curve
case of
a
Cylinder
; the
curvature
formulas
here refer to its
lateral surface
.
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