Let 
be an oriented regular surface in 
with normal 
. Then the support function of 
is the function 
defined by
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References
Gray, A. Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 410-411, 1997.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Support Function." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SupportFunction.html