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Euclidean invariance of the shape operator

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For a proper Euclidean motion of Euclidean three-space E(x)=Ax+b, transport the unit normal by N(E(p))=AN(p). The corresponding shape operators are orthogonally conjugate:
SE(p)​=ASp​A−1.
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Their determinant and trace, hence Gaussian curvature and mean curvature, are unchanged.

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