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On the Surfaces of Things: Mathematics and the Realm of Possibility (hypocritereader.com)
43 points by bstanfield 3825 days ago
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This is nice. If this topic is of interest, I highly recommend spending some time with Do Carmo's differential geometry. Particularly Gauss-Bonnet (pg 264) as it is possibly the most profound result for surfaces.

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/papers/docarmo.pdf

Thank you!
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