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  2. Normal coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Normal coordinates exist on a normal neighborhood of a point p in M. A normal neighborhood U is an open subset of M such that there is a proper neighborhood V of the origin in the tangent space T p M, and exp p acts as a diffeomorphism between U and V. On a normal neighborhood U of p in M, the chart is given by: :=: The isomorphism E, and ...

  3. Normal (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a normal is an object (e.g. a line, ray, or vector) that is perpendicular to a given object. For example, the normal line to a plane curve at a given point is the line perpendicular to the tangent line to the curve at the point. A normal vector of length one is called a unit normal vector.

  4. Normal - Wikipedia

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    Normal (geometry), an object such as a line or vector that is perpendicular to a given object; Normal basis (of a Galois extension), used heavily in cryptography; Normal bundle; Normal cone, of a subscheme in algebraic geometry; Normal coordinates, in differential geometry, local coordinates obtained from the exponential map (Riemannian geometry)

  5. Homogeneous coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Homogeneous coordinates are not uniquely determined by a point, so a function defined on the coordinates, say (,,), does not determine a function defined on points as with Cartesian coordinates. But a condition f ( x , y , z ) = 0 {\displaystyle f(x,y,z)=0} defined on the coordinates, as might be used to describe a curve, determines a condition ...

  6. Vietnamese name - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, some Vietnamese names can only be differentiated via context or with their corresponding chữ Hán, such as 南 ("south") or 男 ("men", "boy"), both are read as Nam. Anyone applying for Vietnamese nationality must also adopt a Vietnamese name. [2] Vietnamese names have corresponding Hán character adopted early on during Chinese ...

  7. n-vector - Wikipedia

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    A normal vector to a strictly convex surface can be used to uniquely define a surface position. n-vector is an outward-pointing normal vector with unit length used as a position representation. [1] For most applications the surface is the reference ellipsoid of the Earth, and thus n-vector is used to represent a horizontal position.

  8. Fermi coordinates - Wikipedia

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    If itself is a geodesic, then Fermi–Walker's transport becomes the standard parallel transport and Fermi's coordinates become standard Riemannian coordinates adapted to . In this case, using these coordinates in a neighbourhood T {\displaystyle T} of γ {\displaystyle \gamma } , we have Γ b c a = 0 {\displaystyle \Gamma _{bc}^{a}=0} , all ...

  9. Geodetic coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Geodetic latitude and geocentric latitude have different definitions. Geodetic latitude is defined as the angle between the equatorial plane and the surface normal at a point on the ellipsoid, whereas geocentric latitude is defined as the angle between the equatorial plane and a radial line connecting the centre of the ellipsoid to a point on the surface (see figure).