Gauss-Codazzi equation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Carl Friedrich Gauss and Delfino Codazzi.
Noun[edit]
Gauss-Codazzi equation (plural Gauss-Codazzi equations)
- (geometry) Any of a group of fundamental formulas in Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian geometry that link together the induced metric and second fundamental form of a submanifold of (or immersion into) a Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian manifold.