Gauss map
Meanings
noun
- A map from a given oriented surface in Euclidean space to the unit sphere which maps each point on the surface to a unit vector orthogonal to the surface at that point.
Word forms
Etymology
Named after German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
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