We have proved that at an elliptic point, the surface lies in one side of the tangent plane at that point. Exactly, if K(p)>0, then there exists a neighborhood V⊂S of p such that V∩TpS={p} and V−{p} lies in one of the two open halfspaces determined by TpS.
Here we show a surface with the same property but K(p)=0. The surface is obtained by rotating the curve z=x4 around the z-axis. At the point p=(0,0,0), K(p)=0, the tangent plane TpS is the xy-plane and S−{p} lies in the halfspace z>0. Exactly, with the usual parametrization X(x,s)=(xcos(s),xsin(s),x4), we have
K(x,s)=36x4(1+16x6)2,
so K(p)=0 and the rest of points are elliptic, that is, p is the only parabolic point of S.
As you can see, if you make a counts, the point p = (0,0,0) is a plain point instead of a parabolic point.
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