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- Curvature abstract "In mathematics, curvature is any of a number of loosely related concepts in different areas of geometry. Intuitively, curvature is the amount by which a geometric object deviates from being flat, or straight in the case of a line, but this is defined in different ways depending on the context. There is a key distinction between extrinsic curvature, which is defined for objects embedded in another space (usually a Euclidean space) in a way that relates to the radius of curvature of circles that touch the object, and intrinsic curvature, which is defined at each point in a Riemannian manifold. This article deals primarily with the first concept.The canonical example of extrinsic curvature is that of a circle, which has a curvature equal to the reciprocal of its radius everywhere. Smaller circles bend more sharply, and hence have higher curvature. The curvature of a smooth curve is defined as the curvature of its osculating circle at each point.More commonly curvature is a scalar quantity, but one may also define a curvature vector that takes into account the direction of the bend as well as its sharpness. The curvature of more complex objects (such as surfaces or even curved n-dimensional spaces) is described by more complex objects from linear algebra, such as the general Riemann curvature tensor.The remainder of this article discusses, from a mathematical perspective, some geometric examples of curvature: the curvature of a curve embedded in a plane and the curvature of a surface in Euclidean space.See the links below for further reading.".
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- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Ambient_space.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Angular_defect.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Arc_length.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Augustin-Louis_Cauchy.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Bending.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Bertrand–Diquet–Puiseux_theorem.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink CAT(k)_space.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Friedrich_Gauss.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Cartesian_coordinate_system.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Category:Articles_containing_video_clips.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Category:Curvature_(mathematics).
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Category:Multivariable_calculus.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Circle.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Comparison_theorem.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Connection_(mathematics).
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Cross_product.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Curvature_form.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Curvature_of_Riemannian_manifolds.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Curvature_of_a_measure.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Curve.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Cylinder_(geometry).
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Darboux_frame.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Degree_of_curvature.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Determinant.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Differentiable_function.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Differential_geometry_of_curves.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Differential_geometry_of_surfaces.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Dioptre.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Einstein_field_equations.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Embedding.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Engineering.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Euclidean_geometry.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Euclidean_space.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Euler_characteristic.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Euler–Bernoulli_beam_theory.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Frenet–Serret_formulas.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Gauge_theory.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Gauss_map.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Gaussian_curvature.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Gausss_principle_of_least_constraint.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Gauss–Bonnet_theorem.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink General_relativity.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Geodesic_curvature.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Gravity.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Holonomy.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Homogeneous_space.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Hyperbolic_geometry.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Hyperboloid.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Hypersphere.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Immersion_(mathematics).
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Infinitesimal.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Integral.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Isometry.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Isotropy.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Jacobi_field.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Line_(geometry).
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Linear_algebra.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Linear_map.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Lissajous_curve.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Local_property.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Maple_(software).
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Mathematics.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Mean_curvature.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Measure_(mathematics).
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Metric_space.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Minimal_surface.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Minimum_railway_curve_radius.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Minkowski_space.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Morris_Kline.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Multiplicative_inverse.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Non-Euclidean_geometry.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Normal_(geometry).
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Orientation_(vector_space).
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Orthonormal_basis.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Osculating_circle.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Parabola.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Parallel_transport.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Parametric_equation.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Parametric_surface.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Physical_cosmology.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Physics.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Plane_curve.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Polyhedron.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Principal_axis_theorem.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Principal_bundle.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Principal_curvature.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Principle_of_least_action.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Pseudo-Riemannian_manifold.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Quadratic_form.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Radius.
- Curvature wikiPageWikiLink Radius_of_curvature_(mathematics).