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The role of the mean curvature in the immersion theory of surfaces
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  • The tensor ${\varepsilon ^{\alpha \beta }}$ is defined and discussed in A. Duschek, Lehrbuch der Differentialgeometrie, Leipzig, Teubner, 1930, p. 99, formula (19). The conditions (5.1) correspond to the conditions “$z = Q/P$ satisfies the equations (4)” of Theorem 1 in Graustein’s paper in the Duke Mathematical Journal. A. R. Forsyth, Differential Geometry, Cambridge, University Press, 1920, p. 84.
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  • © Copyright 1940 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (1940), 230-253
  • MSC: Primary 53.0X
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1940-0001621-7
  • MathSciNet review: 0001621