Area Element

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The area element for a surface with the First Fundamental Form:

$ds^2=Edu^2+2Fdudv+Gdv^2$

is given by

$dA=sqrt{EG-F^2}du \wedge dv$

where $du \wedge dv$ is the wedge product.

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