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系统科学与数学 2006
Algorithm and Implementation of Mechanical Proving of a Class of Theorems in Elementary Differential Geometry
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Abstract:
The theory of curves on space surfaces is an important part of the theory of elementary differential geometry. In this paper, a mechanical theorem proving algorithm is proposed, which is based on the exterior differential calculation, vector formulation and the integration of the moving frames of the surfaces, geodesic frames and Frenet frames of the curves on the surfaces. The algorithm is applicable to theorems on local properties of curves on space surfaces, and has been implemented with Maple 9 and tested by 20 examples.