Christoffel symbol
are defined by
where n denotes a unit normal and L,M,N are the coefficients of the second fundamental form. The Christoffel symbols are intrinsic (and so may be expressed in terms of the first fundamental form), and a curve r(u(s),v(s)) is a geodesic parametrized by arc length s if
- Chalkdust
- chance nodes
- chance variable
- change of base
- change of basis
- change of coordinates
- change of observer
- change of variable
- chaos
- character
- characteristic
- characteristic equation
- characteristic function
- characteristic function
- characteristic of a field
- characteristic polynomial
- characteristic value
- characteristic vector
- character table
- chart
- chart
- Chebyshev, Pafnuty Lvovich
- Chebyshev polynomials
- Chebyshev's inequality
- Chebyshev's Theorem