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Let be an oriented surface. Define the Gauss map and show that the differential of the Gauss map at any point is a self-adjoint linear map. Define the Gauss curvature and compute in a given parametrisation.
A point is called umbilic if has a repeated eigenvalue. Let be a surface such that every point is umbilic and there is a parametrisation such that . Prove that is part of a plane or part of a sphere. Hint: consider the symmetry of the mixed partial derivatives , where for
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