For with , the induced metric is
With unit normal , the principal-form coefficients give
For an arc-length profile with radius , the equation is
Thus gives locally, while gives wherever . At their mean curvatures are respectively
so different choices of give locally noncongruent surfaces with the same constant Gaussian curvature.
For , rotate the unit-speed profile
near . Since , the resulting regular surface of revolution has . At its principal curvatures are and , so the point is not umbilical when and no neighbourhood of it lies on a sphere.
For the parametrization
the Gaussian curvature and area element are
For , the curvature formula is an exact derivative and gives

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