<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<article article-type="Research Article">
  <front>
    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-interdisciplinary-mathematics</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-012X</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0502</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JIM-2366</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Differential geometry approaches to curvature and shape analysis</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Sule</surname>
            <given-names>Bipin</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Engineering, Science, and Humanities, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, 411037, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Bibhu</surname>
            <given-names>Vimal</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>School of Engineering &amp; Technology, Noida International University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 203201, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kumar</surname>
            <given-names>Satyendra</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tulsiramji Gaikwad Patil College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 441108, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Katoch</surname>
            <given-names>Shivanshu</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Sai University, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kumar</surname>
            <given-names>Dinesh</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Sai College of Engineering and Technology, Badhani-Pathankot, Punjab, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Wani</surname>
            <given-names>Lalita Kiran</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Electronics &amp; Telecommunication, Lavale, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, 412115, India</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>28</volume>
      <issue>6</issue>
      <fpage>2247</fpage>
      <lpage>2253</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>Curvature provides a quantitative measure of how a geometric object bends in space. Differential geometry offers a rigorous framework for defining and computing curvature on curves, surfaces and manifolds. This paper develops a mathematical approach to curvature and shape analysis using differential geometry. Challenges include handling complex surface parametrizations, computing principal curvatures from noisy data, and distinguishing intrinsic and extrinsic curvature. The proposed methodology formulates surfaces as parametric maps, derives the 1st and 2nd fundamental forms, constructs the shape operator and computes Gaussian and mean curvature. Analytical formulas for principal curvatures and curvature classification support algorithmic shape analysis. Results on canonical shapes such as spheres, cylinders and saddles demonstrate how curvature signatures classify geometric structures. The outcomes underscore that differential geometry not only provides elegant theoretical tools but also practical algorithms for shape analysis in computer graphics and geometric modelling.</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>Differential geometry</kwd>
        <kwd>Curvature</kwd>
        <kwd>Shape analysis</kwd>
        <kwd>Principal curvature</kwd>
        <kwd>Fundamental forms</kwd>
        <kwd>Shape operator</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
      <custom-meta-group>
        <custom-meta>
          <meta-name>access</meta-name>
          <meta-value>open</meta-value>
        </custom-meta>
        <custom-meta>
          <meta-name>retracted</meta-name>
          <meta-value>no</meta-value>
        </custom-meta>
      </custom-meta-group>
    </article-meta>
  </front>
</article>
