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Principal direction

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Area of mathematics Geometry and topology Differential geometry Second fundamental form Shape operator Principal curvature
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A principal direction is an eigenvector of the shape operator. The normal curvature in a unit principal direction is the corresponding principal curvature.

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