Computing tangent planes

• k-Nbhd(xi) is the k points of X nearest to xi

• Oi is the centroid of K-Nbhd(xi)

• Choose Ni such that best fitting to Nbhd(xi)

• Use covariance to compute Ni

• tangent plane at xi has center Oi, normal Ni

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