Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2006/ib/paper-3/2h/solution

Parametrize the surface by . Its tangent vectors are and . Choose the upward unit normal
The first fundamental form coefficients are
Since and , the second fundamental form coefficients are and . The determinant of the shape operator gives the Gaussian curvature:
Changing the normal's sign changes both second-form factors and leaves this determinant unchanged. Although the question calls the surface a hyperboloid, is a hyperbolic paraboloid; the calculation uses the stated surface equation.

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