Gauss map
A Gauss map matches each point on the surface (left) with the point on the unit sphere (right) representing the orthogonal vector at said point.
Meaning
Noun
- A map from a given oriented surface in Euclidean space to the unit sphere which maps each point on the surface to a unit vector orthogonal to the surface at that point.
Origin
- Named after German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
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