In the differential geometry of surfaces, the Monge patch designates the parameterization of a surface by its height over a flat reference plane.[1][2][3] It is also called Monge parameterization[4] or Monge form.[5]
In physical theory of surface and interface roughness, and especially in the study of shape conformations of membranes, it is usually called the Monge gauge,[6] or less frequently the Monge representation.[7]
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