Gauss map
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The Gauss map is a transformation on the unit interval that sends a real number to the fractional part of its reciprocal and underlies the dynamics of continued fraction expansions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gauss map canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15736609 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gauss map Context triple: [Khinchin–Lévy constant, relatedConcept, Gauss map]
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A.
Gauss map
The Gauss map is a differential geometry concept that assigns to each point on a surface the corresponding point on the unit sphere determined by the surface’s normal vector at that point.
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B.
Weingarten map
The Weingarten map is a differential geometric operator on a surface that encodes how the surface’s normal vector field changes, thereby describing the surface’s extrinsic curvature.
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C.
Gaussian curvature
Gaussian curvature is a fundamental concept in differential geometry that measures how a surface bends at a point by combining its principal curvatures into a single intrinsic quantity.
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D.
Gauss–Codazzi equations
The Gauss–Codazzi equations are fundamental compatibility conditions in differential geometry that relate the intrinsic curvature of a surface to its extrinsic curvature as embedded in a higher-dimensional space.
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E.
Theorema Egregium
Theorema Egregium is Gauss’s celebrated theorem in differential geometry showing that the Gaussian curvature of a surface is an intrinsic property independent of how the surface is embedded in space.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gauss map Target entity description: The Gauss map is a transformation on the unit interval that sends a real number to the fractional part of its reciprocal and underlies the dynamics of continued fraction expansions.
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A.
Gauss map
The Gauss map is a differential geometry concept that assigns to each point on a surface the corresponding point on the unit sphere determined by the surface’s normal vector at that point.
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B.
Weingarten map
The Weingarten map is a differential geometric operator on a surface that encodes how the surface’s normal vector field changes, thereby describing the surface’s extrinsic curvature.
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C.
Gaussian curvature
Gaussian curvature is a fundamental concept in differential geometry that measures how a surface bends at a point by combining its principal curvatures into a single intrinsic quantity.
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D.
Gauss–Codazzi equations
The Gauss–Codazzi equations are fundamental compatibility conditions in differential geometry that relate the intrinsic curvature of a surface to its extrinsic curvature as embedded in a higher-dimensional space.
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E.
Theorema Egregium
Theorema Egregium is Gauss’s celebrated theorem in differential geometry showing that the Gaussian curvature of a surface is an intrinsic property independent of how the surface is embedded in space.
- F. None of above. chosen
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