Paper 3, Section II, I
Let be a surface.
(a) Define the Gaussian curvature of in terms of the coefficients of the first and second fundamental forms, computed with respect to a local parametrization of .
Prove the Theorema Egregium, i.e. show that the Gaussian curvature can be expressed entirely in terms of the coefficients of the first fundamental form and their first and second derivatives with respect to and .
(b) State the global Gauss-Bonnet theorem for a compact orientable surface .
(c) Now assume that is non-compact and diffeomorphic to but that there is a point such that is a compact subset of . Is it necessarily the case that Justify your answer.
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