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In this paper, we derive a quasilinear second-order partial differential equation which has to be satisfied by surfaces around which 3D free convection boundary layer flows can be two-dimensionalized. It is obtained from the boundary layer equations which are expressed in a system of curvilinear coordinates based upon the greatest slope lines of the gravity field and by setting to zero the source...