The funnel surface is a regular surface and surface of revolution defined by the Cartesian equation
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(1)
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and the parametric equations
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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for and
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fundamental form are
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(5)
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(6)
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(7)
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the coefficients of the second fundamental form are
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(8)
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(9)
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(10)
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the area element is
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(11)
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and the Gaussian and mean curvatures are
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(12)
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(13)
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The Gaussian curvature can be given implicitly as
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(14)
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Both the surface area and volume of the solid are infinite.