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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 3 25I a Solution by
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For a local parametrization , write the first fundamental form and second fundamental form asThe Gaussian curvature is
To prove the Theorema Egregium, set and decomposeDifferentiating and solving for the tangential coefficients givesso every Christoffel symbol depends only on and their first derivatives. Equality of mixed third derivatives yields the Gauss equationThe Riemann curvature tensor is formed from first derivatives and quadratic products of the Christoffel symbols, and hence from the first and second derivatives of . Consequentlydepends only on the first fundamental form.
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