Rev. Mod. Phys. 74, 953–971 (2002)The geometry of soft materials: a primerPublished 11 September 2002 This article presents an overview of the differential geometry of curves and surfaces using examples from soft matter as illustrations. The presentation requires a background only in vector calculus and is otherwise self-contained. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.74.953
DOI:
10.1103/RevModPhys.74.953
PACS:
02.40.Hw, 02.40.Ma, 02.30.Hq
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