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Basics of the Differential Geometry of Curves

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In this chapter we consider parametric curves, and we introduce two important invariants, curvature and torsion (in the case of a 3D curve).

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Gallier, J. (2011). Basics of the Differential Geometry of Curves. In: Geometric Methods and Applications. Texts in Applied Mathematics, vol 38. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9961-0_19

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