DIFFERENTIAL
OF
GEOMETRY
CURVES &
SURFACES
DIFFERENTIAL
OF
GEOMETRY
CURVES &
SURFACES
Revised & Updated
SECOND EDITION
Manfredo P. do Carmo
Instituto Nacional de Matemática
Pura e Aplicada (IMPA)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Mineola, New York
Copyright
Copyright © 1976, 2016 by Manfredo P. do Carmo
All rights reserved.
Bibliographical Note
Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces: Revised & Updated Second Edition is a
revised, corrected, and updated second edition of the work originally published in 1976
by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The author has also provided a
new Preface for this edition.
International Standard Book Number
ISBN-13: 978-0-486-80699-0
ISBN-10: 0-486-80699-5
Manufactured in the United States by LSC Communications
80699501 2016
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To Leny,
for her indispensable assistance
in all the stages of this book