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The Gauss-Bonnet theorem is just the first (though one of the most important) of many theorems about the global theory of surfaces. It is a theory so wide-reaching and rich in results that t cannot be reasonably presented in a single chapter (or in a single book, for that matter). So we shall confine ourselves to introduce some significant theorems to give at least an idea of the techniques used and of the kind of results one can obtain.
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Abate, M., Tovena, F. (2012). Global theory of surfaces. In: Curves and Surfaces. UNITEXT(). Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1941-6_7
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