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In differential geometry, the tangent indicatrix of a closed space curve is a curve on the unit sphere intimately related to the curvature of the original curve. Let be a closed curve with nowhere-vanishing tangent vector . Then the tangent indicatrix of is the closed curve on the unit sphere given by .

The total curvature of (the integral of curvature with respect to arc length along the curve) is equal to the arc length of .

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Tangent indicatrix

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In differential geometry, the tangent indicatrix of a closed space curve is a curve on the unit sphere intimately related to the curvature of the original...

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Indicatrix

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visualizes the distortion of a map Tangent indicatrix, an object in differential geometry related to a closed space curve Indicatrix, a special case of the index...

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Dupin indicatrix

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geometry, the Dupin indicatrix is a method for characterising the local shape of a surface. Draw a plane parallel to the tangent plane and a small distance...

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Winding number

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{\displaystyle d} is the turning number of the stereographic projection of its tangent indicatrix. Its two values correspond to the two non-degenerate homotopy classes...

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Sphere

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Sphere packing Spherical coordinates Spherical cow Spherical helix, tangent indicatrix of a curve of constant precession Spherical polyhedron Sphericity...

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Unit tangent bundle

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then the unit sphere bundle is the subbundle of the tangent bundle whose fiber at x is the indicatrix of F: U T x ( M ) = { v ∈ T x ( M ) | F ( v ) = 1...

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Mercator projection

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of showing the distortion inherent in a projection is to use Tissot's indicatrix. Nicolas Tissot noted that the scale factors at a point on a map projection...

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Asymptotic curve

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directions are the same as the asymptotes of the hyperbola of the Dupin indicatrix through a hyperbolic point, or the unique asymptote through a parabolic...

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Metric tensor

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M is a bilinear form defined on the tangent space at p (that is, a bilinear function that maps pairs of tangent vectors to real numbers), and a metric...

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Map projection

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of showing the distortion in projections. Like Tissot's indicatrix, the Goldberg-Gott indicatrix is based on infinitesimals, and depicts flexion and skewness...

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List of differential geometry topics

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fundamental form Second fundamental form Gauss–Codazzi–Mainardi equations Dupin indicatrix Asymptotic curve Curvature Principal curvatures Mean curvature Gauss curvature...

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Dymaxion map

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gnomonic projection, whereby global data expands from the center point of a tangent facet outward to the edges. Instead, each triangle edge of the Dymaxion...

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Stereographic projection

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north of 30°S. 15° graticule. The stereographic projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation. The stereographic is the only projection that maps all...

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Tensor field

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is coordinate-free. Applied to the Earth's surface, this is Tissot's indicatrix. In general, we want to specify tensor fields in a coordinate-independent...

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Charles Dupin

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geometry. He was the discoverer of conjugate tangents to a point on a surface and of the Dupin indicatrix. Dupin participated in the Greek science revival...

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Gnomonic projection

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center, onto any plane not passing through the center, most commonly a tangent plane. Under gnomonic projection every great circle on the sphere is projected...

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Orthographic map projection

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perspective (or azimuthal) projection in which the sphere is projected onto a tangent plane or secant plane. The point of perspective for the orthographic projection...

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Transverse Mercator projection

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line of tangency with the equator. For the transverse Mercator, the axis of the cylinder lies in the equatorial plane, and the line of tangency is any...

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Central cylindrical projection

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projection. It corresponds to projecting the Earth's surface onto a cylinder tangent to the equator as if from a light source at Earth's center. The cylinder...

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Oblique Mercator projection

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line of tangency with the equator. For the transverse Mercator, the axis of the cylinder lies in the equatorial plane, and the line of tangency is any...

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Gall stereographic projection

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asymmetric scaling horizontally and vertically. This yields a projection tangent to the sphere. Its formula is: x = R λ ; y = 2 R tan ⁡ φ 2 {\displaystyle...

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Quasiconformal mapping

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coordinates Quasiregular map Pseudoanalytic function Teichmüller space Tissot's indicatrix Ahlfors, Lars (1935), "Zur Theorie der Überlagerungsflächen", Acta Mathematica...

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American polyconic projection

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The American polyconic projection can be thought of as "rolling" a cone tangent to the Earth at all parallels of latitude. This generalizes the concept...

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General Perspective projection

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azimuthal projections, meaning that the projection surface is a plane tangent to the sphere. This results in correct directions from the center to all...

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Cassini projection

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meridian and φ is the latitude. When programming these equations, the inverse tangent function used is actually the atan2 function, with the first argument sin φ...

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