Nigel Hitchin authored teaching material on the geometry of surfaces. The subject links intrinsic distance and curvature with coordinate descriptions and global geometric structure.[ref]
Geometry of Surfaces by Nigel Hitchin (B3a course 2013). author attribution and the described mathematical development
Portrait of Nigel Hitchin
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