Global Gauss-Bonnet theorem

It is the global version of local Gauss-Bonnet theorem.

Theorem
Given a closed orientable surface (I think it should be immersed in R3) S of genus g, the total curvature

KS=∫SK(p)dA

where K is the Gaussian curvature, satisfies

KS=4π(1−g)=2π(2−2g).

The quantity

X(S)=2−2g

is the Euler characteristic.
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It means that given any closed orientable surface, if we deform it in the way we like (even stretching and twisting), if we get an increase in Gaussian curvature in a point, the curvature must be decreasing in other points in order to compensate the total curvature.

Visual idea:
(@needham2021visual pages 169-172)
In a sphere, or in any other topologically equivalent surface, the total curvature is 4π, since the unitary normal vector fill S2 exactly once.
In a torus is 0, since the external side of the torus counts for 4π but the internal one add −4π, since the Gauss map reverse orientation in these points.
In the general case of a compact surface:
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