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The oriented area vector transforms by the parameter Jacobian determinant
Statement
If , then .
If , then .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A regular reparametrization , with .
The chain rule and the coordinate interpretation of total derivatives give and the analogous formula for (The chain rule for total derivatives: , A total derivative computes every directional derivative, and its matrix is the Jacobian, Surface reparametrizations and their orientation sign).
The cross product is bilinear and alternating (The cross product is bilinear, alternating, and orthogonal to both factors), and area density is the cross-product norm (The surface area density is the norm of the cross product of the parameter tangents).
Proof
Substitute the two formulas from [L1] into . By [L2], the equal-vector terms vanish and the remaining terms combine to .
The scalar coefficient in step 1.1 is , proving the signed area-vector formula.
Taking Euclidean norms, using , and applying [L2] gives .
The first identity retains the determinant sign, while only the norm identity replaces it by an absolute value, as asserted.
Depends on
- Surface reparametrizations and their orientation sign
- The cross product is bilinear, alternating, and orthogonal to both factors
- The chain rule for total derivatives: $D(g\circ f)(a)=Dg(f(a))\circ Df(a)$
- A total derivative computes every directional derivative, and its matrix is the Jacobian
- The surface area density is the norm of the cross product of the parameter tangents
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Sources
- University of Toronto MAT237 notes, Section 5.3, An Invariance Property (standard reference, not scraped)
- M. E. Taylor, Introduction to Analysis in Several Variables, Section 3.2 (standard reference, not scraped)