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On the gauss map of submanifold in Rn and Sn

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  • Minimal Surface
  • Normal Bundle
  • Curvature Vector
  • Complete Surface
  • Uniformization Theorem

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Wang, CP. (1987). On the gauss map of submanifold in Rn and Sn . In: Gu, C., Berger, M., Bryant, R.L. (eds) Differential Geometry and Differential Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1255. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0077686

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