Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2021/ii/paper-1/26f/c/solution

For a chosen unit normal field , the second fundamental form is
In a local parametrization , its coefficients, up to the equivalent simultaneous sign convention, are
The Gaussian curvature is the determinant of the shape operator, hence
Theorema Egregium states that is determined entirely by the first fundamental form. In particular, it is intrinsic and is preserved by every local isometry.

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