A3.7
(i) State what it means for surfaces and to be isometric.
Let be a surface, a diffeomorphism, and let
State a formula comparing the first fundamental forms of and .
(ii) Give a proof of the formula referred to at the end of part (i). Deduce that "isometry" is an equivalence relation.
The catenoid and the helicoid are the surfaces defined by
and
Show that the catenoid and the helicoid are isometric.
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