A surface of constant Gaussian curvature that can be given parametrically by
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where
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and , and . The value of is restricted to
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(Reckziegel 1986), and the values correspond to the ends of the cleft in the surface. The surface illustrated above corresponds to .
The coefficients of the first fundamental form are given by
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with coefficients of the second fundamental form given by similar, but rather complicated, expressions. The Gaussian curvature is
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with the mean curvature given by a rather complicated expression.