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Let be an open set. Let be a surface locally given as the graph of an infinitely-differentiable function . Compute the Gaussian curvature of in terms of .
Deduce that if is a compact surface without boundary, its Gaussian curvature is not everywhere negative.
Give, with brief justification, a compact surface without boundary whose Gaussian curvature must change sign.
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