Weingarten equation

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Etymology[edit]

They were established in 1861 by the German mathematician Julius Weingarten.

Noun[edit]

Weingarten equation (plural Weingarten equations)

  1. (mathematics) Any of a group of equations giving the expansion of the derivative of the unit normal vector to a surface in terms of the first derivatives of the position vector of a point on the surface.