principal curvature
at a given point of a surface, one of the two eigenvalues of the shape operator at the point
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principal curvature
Summary
principal curvature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- principal curvature's subclass of is recorded as curvature[2].
- principal curvature's subclass of is recorded as eigenvalue[3].
- principal curvature's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06k750[4].
- principal curvature's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[5].
- principal curvature's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/principal-curvature[6].
- principal curvature's MathWorld ID is recorded as PrincipalCurvatures[7].
- principal curvature's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].
- principal curvature's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 16977076[9].
- principal curvature's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C16977076[10].
- principal curvature's Lexikon der Mathematik entry ID is recorded as 3821[11].
Why It Matters
principal curvature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]