In differential geometry, a smooth surface in three dimensions has a parabolic point when the Gaussian curvature is zero.
Typically such points lie on a curve called the parabolic line which separates the surface into regions of positive and negative Gaussian curvature.
Points on the parabolic line give rise to folds on the Gauss map: where a ridge crosses a parabolic line there is a cusp of the Gauss map.
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