Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ib Paper 3 2H Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
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At a regular point, choose the unit normal . The first fundamental form is the induced squared lengthThe second fundamental form isThe Gaussian curvature is the determinant of the shape operator, , independent of the normal orientation.
For the given graph, and , so with ,ThereforeThe surface is regular everywhere. The printed description “hyperboloid” is a naming error: this graph is a hyperbolic paraboloid, and the computation uses the actual parametrization.