Exploring differential geometry in neural implicits

@article{Novello2022ExploringDG,
  title={Exploring differential geometry in neural implicits},
  author={Tiago Novello and Guilherme Gonçalves Schardong and Luiz Schirmer and Vin{\'i}cius da Silva and H{\'e}lio Lopes and Luiz Velho},
  journal={Comput. Graph.},
  year={2022},
  volume={108},
  pages={49-60}
}
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