文档介绍：Geometry puting
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Jean-Marie Morvan
Generalized Curvatures
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Jean-Marie Morvan
Universite´ Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Institut Camille Jordan
Baˆ timent Jean Braconnier
43 bd du 11 Novembre 1918
69622 Villeurbanne Cedex
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On the cover, the data of Michelangelo's head are courtesy of Digital Michelangelo Project, the
image of Michelangelo's head with the lines of curvatures are courtesy of the GEOMETRICA
project-team from INRIA.
ISBN 978-3-540-73791-9 e-ISBN 978-3-540-73792-6
Springer Series in Geometry puting
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008923176
Mathematics Subjects Classification (2000): 52A, 52B, 52C, 53A, 53B, 53C, 49Q15, 28A33, 28A75, 68R
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