Differential Geometry of Three Dimensions [2]

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IFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY OF THREE DIMENSIONS By 0. E.

WEATHERBURN, M.A., D.So. PROFESSOR OP MATHSMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OP WESTERN AUSTRALIA

VOLUME

TI

CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1930

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

CHAPTER I DIFFERENTIAL INVARIANTS FOR A SURFACE 1.

Gradient of a scalar function.

differential invariants discussed in

The

Derivatives.

Chapter XII

of the

first

volume

We

of this work play an important part in the following pages. shall therefore remind the reader of their chief properties, and collect for reference the

most important formulae, of which con-

stant use will be made.

The gradient

of a scalar point-function It is a vector quantity V(f>.