A smooth surface is a surface parameterized in variables 
and 
such that the tangent vectors in the 
and 
directions satisfy
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where 
is a cross product.
Smooth Surface
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Smooth Surface." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SmoothSurface.html