tangent plane
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To develop a method that makes surface integrals easier to compute, we approximate surface areas ΔSij with small pieces of a tangent plane, just as we did in the previous subsection.
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In this case, a surface is considered to be smooth at point P if a tangent plane to the surface exists at that point.
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Figure 4.28 Calculating the equation of a tangent plane to a given surface at a given point.
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When working with a function of two variables, the tangent line is replaced by a tangent plane, but the approximation idea is much the same.
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If we revolve this about the line of the radius in question, as an axis, the circle will generate the sphere again, and the tangent line will generate the tangent plane.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
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