In mathematics, a developable surface (or torse: archaic) is a smooth surface with zero Gaussian curvature. That is, it is a surface that can be flattened onto a plane without distortion (i.e. it can be bent without stretching or compression). Conversely, it is a surface which can be made by transforming a plane (i.e. "folding", "bending", "rolling", "cutting" and/or "gluing"). In three dimensions all developable surfaces are ruled surfaces (but not vice versa). There are developable surfaces in four-dimensional space which are not ruled.[1]
The envelope of a single parameter family of planes is called a developable surface.
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"gluing"). In three dimensions all developablesurfaces are ruled surfaces (but not vice versa). There are developablesurfaces in four-dimensional space R 4...
the term developable may refer to: A developable space in general topology. A developablesurface in geometry. A tangent developablesurface of a space...
realization of a Möbius strip is not developable. But there exist developable Möbius strips. Conoid Catalan surfaceDevelopable rollers (oloid, sphericon) For...
not a developablesurface, it is impossible to construct a map projection that is both equal-area and conformal. The three developablesurfaces (plane...
geometry of surfaces, a tangent developable is a particular kind of developablesurface obtained from a curve in Euclidean space as the surface swept out...
this can be found at the article on curvature at Wolfram MathWorld. developablesurface, Mathworld. (Retrieved 11 February 2021) Kobayashi, Shoshichi; Nomizu...
the conical surface, including the apex, is a developablesurface. A cylindrical surface can be viewed as a limiting case of a conical surface whose apex...
The surface of the oloid is a developablesurface, meaning that patches of the surface can be flattened into a plane. While rolling, it develops its entire...
In solid geometry, the sphericon is a solid that has a continuous developablesurface with two congruent, semi-circular edges, and four vertices that define...
directions). For a developablesurface, the asymptotic lines are the generatrices, and them only. If a straight line is included in a surface, then it is an...
a developable roller is a convex solid whose surface consists of a single continuous, developable face. While rolling on a plane, most developable rollers...
parabolic line. When a surface has a constant zero Gaussian curvature, then it is a developablesurface and the geometry of the surface is Euclidean geometry...
will be 0 and the surface is a developablesurface. For a minimal surface, the mean curvature is zero at every point. Let M be a surface in Euclidean space...
Developable mechanisms are a special class of mechanisms that can be placed on developablesurfaces. Some well-known examples of developable mechanisms...
right angles to that one axis. It can be used to quickly make any developablesurface. Noyes, Nick. Easy Composters You Can Build: Storey's Country Wisdom...
curvature Elliptic point Types of surfaces Minimal surface Ruled surface Conical surfaceDevelopablesurface Nadirashvili surface See also multivariable calculus...
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Gaussian curvature 0 include cones, tangent developables, and more generally any developablesurface. For any surface embedded in Euclidean space of dimension...
Perspective Can be constructed by light shining through a globe onto a developablesurface. 360 video projection List of national coordinate reference systems...
slope is exactly c {\displaystyle c} . In this case the surface is a tangent developablesurface and is generated by the directrix ( d cos φ , d sin ...
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