V monografii izlozheny printsipial"no novye ponyatiya teorii kinematicheskikh par, osnovannye na predstavlenii geometricheskikh elementov zven"ev v vide poverkhnostey, otlichayushchikhsya ikh gaussovoy kriviznoy. Pokazan algoritm obrazovaniya kinematicheskikh par, opredeleny parametry ikh klassifikatsii i sozdany tablitsy kinematicheskikh par. Monografiya prednaznachena dlya studentov mekhanicheskikh spetsial"nostey, izuchayushchikh kurs teorii mekhanizmov i mashin v polnom ob"eme, a takzhe dlya aspirantov i inzhenerov mekhannikov.