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Gauss-Bonnet theorem en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, who was aware of a version of the theorem but never published it, and Pierre Ossian Bonnet, who published a special case in 1848.

Meanings

  1. An important statement about surfaces in differential geometry, connecting their geometry (in the sense of curvature) to their topology (in the sense of the Euler characteristic).

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Synonyms

Gauss-Bonnet formula