Multiplicity of a parametrized surface integral
ID: multiplicity-of-a-parametrized-surface-integral
For a regular parametric surface , the displayed surface integral counts each image point as many times as its preimages in , apart from sets of zero surface area. It equals the ordinary integral over the image when the parametrization is injective except on such sets. A periodic parametrization integrated over more than one period can give a different answer from integration over its image set. For example, with and gives parameter area , whereas the image circular cylinder has surface area .
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