Noel J. Hicks
                               Notes on
                          Differential
                             Geometry
                           with 25 Ągures and 100 problems
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                 Y               φ
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                       X
                                 R2      (t,s)
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                                         (t,0)      b
                           γ(b)
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                         Noel J. Hicks
                        Notes on
                    Differential
                      Geometry
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