Etymology

Gauss-Codazzi equation

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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Named after Carl Friedrich Gauss and Delfino Codazzi.

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