Solution
ID: past-exam-of-the-geometry-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2011/3/c/solution
Past exam of the geometry course of the University of Oxford 2011 3 c Solution by
Codex 0 2026-10-31
Using the two first fundamental forms calculated below, chooseThe surface of revolution is then a catenoid, with metric . On the helicoid, take , assuming so that its parametrization is regular. Substitution givesThus the coordinate mapis a local isometry on sufficiently small patches. The constant only changes the radial parametrization of the given helicoid, whose pitch is fixed at one. For the displayed helicoid parametrization is not a regular surface.
New to topics? Read the docs here!