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Center of mass of a surface
Consider a two dimensional surface 
, choose a system of coordinates and define a position vector 
of its center of mass as following
, choose a system of coordinates and define a position vector of its center of mass as following 
where 
is a position vector of an element 
.
is a position vector of an element .