 Isometric halves give zero total boundary geodesic curvature (source code)

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= Isometric halves give zero total boundary geodesic curvature

If a closed oriented surface is cut along a curve into two isometric surfaces with boundary, their Euler characteristics and total Gaussian curvatures agree. Applying Gauss-Bonnet to both halves, whose induced boundary orientations are opposite, gives
$$
\int_\gamma k_g\,ds=0.
$$

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