Our goal in this chapter is to point out the difficulties arising when one evaluates the area and the curvatures of a surface by approximation.
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(2008). Motivation: Surfaces. In: Generalized Curvatures. Geometry and Computing, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73792-6_3
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