Circular cylinder (source code)

= Circular cylinder

A circular cylinder of radius $R$ has <principal curvature>[principal curvatures] $0$ and $\pm1/R$, according to orientation. Hence $K=0$ and $|H|=1/(2R)$.

This is the circular generating-curve case of a <Cylinder (geometry)>; the curvature formulas here refer to its lateral surface.