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closed surface

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closed surface [¦klōzd ′sər·fəs]
(mathematics)
A surface that has no bounding curve.


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A look at thin coatings with a non-porous closed surface
Amazingly, more than a hundred years ago, mathematicians proved that every closed surface in space is simply some version of a sphere, a doughnut surface--which they call a torus--or a torus with extra holes.
In these equations, U is a scalar wave function, S is a closed surface containing a plane aperture A located in the xy-plane of a cartesian coordinate system as indicated in Fig.
 
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