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Prof. Axelrod (18.950)

ryanb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ryanb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 30 14:33:36 1996

"Let's take a tube of toilet paper without the ends -- often called a
cylinder."

"Gauss's Theorem Egregium:  the book gives you one of the ugliest formulas
imaginable for this.  Egregium -- it's a Latin word.  Say it -- it's fun!
Egregium."


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