A3.7
Part II, 2001
(i) Give the definition of the surface area of a parametrized surface in and show that it does not depend on the parametrization.
(ii) Let be a differentiable function of . Consider the surface of revolution:
Find a formula for each of the following: (a) The first fundamental form. (b) The unit normal. (c) The second fundamental form. (d) The Gaussian curvature.