Solution

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For a regular parametric surface , set
The first fundamental form is the induced Riemannian metric
The second fundamental form, for this choice of unit normal vector, is
The Gaussian curvature is the product of the principal curvatures, equivalently the determinant of the shape operator:
Reversing the normal reverses the second fundamental form and both principal curvatures, while leaving unchanged.

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