Weingarten equation

noun

Any of a group of equations giving the expansion of the derivative of the unit normal vector to a surface in terms of the first derivatives of the position vector of a point on the surface.

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Meanings

nounWeingarten equation (plural Weingarten equations)

plural Weingarten equations

  1. mathematicsAny of a group of equations giving the expansion of the derivative of the unit normal vector to a surface in terms of the first derivatives of the position vector of a point on the surface.

Origin

They were established in 1861 by the German mathematician Julius Weingarten.

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