All points umbillical $\iff$ Surface is either contained in a sphere or in a plane.

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We assume $S$ connected and orientable surface.

Proof: Let $k_1=k_2=:\kappa$ be principal curvatures.
From $\kappa(p) I(\partial_u,\partial_u)=-II(\partial_u,\partial_u)$ we see that $\kappa$ is differentiable since $I(\partial_u,\partial_u),II(\partial_u,\partial_u)$ are. Furthermore $$N_{*p}(\partial_u)=\kappa(p)\partial_u$$ $$N_{*p}(\partial_v)=\kappa(p)\partial_v$$

Differentiating both equations with respect to $v$ and $u$ as in Do Carmo book we get: $$\partial_v N_{*p}(\partial_u)=\partial_v(\kappa(p)\partial_u)=\partial_v(\kappa(p))\partial_u+\kappa(p)\partial_v\partial_u$$ $$\partial_u N_{*p}(\partial_v)=\partial_u(\kappa(p)\partial_v)=\partial_u(\kappa(p))\partial_v+\kappa(p)\partial_u\partial_v$$ Now subtracting: $$ \partial_v N_{*p}(\partial_u)-\partial_u N_{*p}(\partial_v)=\partial_v(\kappa(p))\partial_u+\kappa(p)\partial_v\partial_u - \partial_u(\kappa(p)) \partial_v-\kappa(p)\partial_u\partial_v$$ Then by Schwarz's Theorem: $$ \partial_v N_{*p}(\partial_u)-\partial_u N_{*p}(\partial_v)=\partial_v(\kappa(p))\partial_u- \partial_u(\kappa(p)) \partial_v$$ And here I'm stuck.
Why is left side zero?