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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ib Paper 3 2H Solution by
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Parametrize the surface by . Its tangent vectors are and . Choose the upward unit normalThe first fundamental form coefficients areSince 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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