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Our aim in this Chapter is to give an intuitive and geometric idea of the modern differential geometry of surfaces. We hope that that after going through this chapter, the reader will be ready for a more systematic and rigorous treatment of theory of surfaces. The reader can perceive how our study of curves, including curvature, in Chapter 5 prepares us to look at surfaces. We strongly recommend [10] and [11] for further reading.
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Kumaresan, S., Santhanam, G. (2005). Theory of Surfaces—An Introduction. In: An Expedition to Geometry. Texts and Readings in Mathematics, vol 40. Hindustan Book Agency, Gurgaon. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-93-86279-24-8_8
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