Gaussian curvature of a cone away from its vertex

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Gaussian curvature of a cone away from its vertex by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
Every regular cone parametrized by has zero Gaussian curvature away from its vertex. Its unit normal is independent of , while
is tangent, so two coefficients of the second fundamental form vanish and .

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