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  2. Surface (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A sphere is the surface of a solid ball, here having radius r. In mathematics, a surface is a mathematical model of the common concept of a surface.It is a generalization of a plane, but, unlike a plane, it may be curved; this is analogous to a curve generalizing a straight line.

  3. List of surfaces - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of surfaces in mathematics. They are divided into minimal surfaces , ruled surfaces , non-orientable surfaces , quadrics , pseudospherical surfaces , algebraic surfaces , and other types of surfaces.

  4. Surface (topology) - Wikipedia

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    An open surface with x-, y-, and z-contours shown.. In the part of mathematics referred to as topology, a surface is a two-dimensional manifold.Some surfaces arise as the boundaries of three-dimensional solid figures; for example, the sphere is the boundary of the solid ball.

  5. Surface - Wikipedia

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    A sphere is the surface of a solid ball, here having radius r. In mathematics, a surface is a mathematical model of the common concept of a surface. It is a generalization of a plane, but, unlike a plane, it may be curved; this is analogous to a curve generalizing a straight line.

  6. Manifold - Wikipedia

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    The Klein bottle immersed in three-dimensional space The surface of the Earth requires (at least) two charts to include every point. Here the globe is decomposed into charts around the North and South Poles. In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.

  7. Surface area - Wikipedia

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    A sphere of radius r has surface area 4πr 2.. The surface area (symbol A) of a solid object is a measure of the total area that the surface of the object occupies. [1] The mathematical definition of surface area in the presence of curved surfaces is considerably more involved than the definition of arc length of one-dimensional curves, or of the surface area for polyhedra (i.e., objects with ...

  8. Genus (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A genus-2 surface. In mathematics, genus (pl.: genera) has a few different, but closely related, meanings. Intuitively, the genus is the number of "holes" of a surface. [1] A sphere has genus 0, while a torus has genus 1.

  9. Two-dimensional space - Wikipedia

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    A two-dimensional space is a mathematical space with two dimensions, meaning points have two degrees of freedom: their locations can be locally described with two coordinates or they can move in two independent directions. Common two-dimensional spaces are often called planes, or, more generally, surfaces. These include analogs to physical ...