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- Title
Fingerprints.
- Abstract
The article discusses fingerprints. The patterns of skin ridges are unlike almost anything found in inorganic nature. Thus in electric and magnetic fields, contour lines or lines of greatest slope on surfaces, the typical singularity consists of two curves intersecting at right angles, which is not to be found in dermatoglyphics. Also, such curves do not remain at an approximately constant distance apart, which is a striking feature of dermatoglyphic ridges. In particular, the curves of maximum curvature on a surface do resemble dermatoglyphic ridges in topology, but they lack the property of being at nearly constant distance apart.
- Subjects
HUMAN fingerprints; DERMATOGLYPHICS; SKIN; ANTHROPOMETRY; RIGHT angle; CONTOURS (Cartography)
- Publication
International Journal of Dermatology, 1985, Vol 24, Issue 1, p554
- ISSN
0011-9059
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-4362.1985.tb05566.x