A surface given by the parametric equations
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The handkerchief surface has stationary points summarized in the table below, where the type of point can be found using the second derivative test.
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| 48 | local maximum | ||
| 4 | saddle point |
Its first fundamental form has coefficients
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(4)
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and its second fundamental form has coefficients
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(7)
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(8)
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(9)
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The Gaussian curvature can be given implicitly by
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(10)
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