Conjugate points and closed geodesic arcs on convex surfaces (Q1922810): Difference between revisions

A new definition of a conjugate point to a point \(x\) of an arbitrary closed convex surface along a geodesic starting at \(x\) is given here and its relationship with the cut locus is examined. In the sense of Baire categories, on most convex surfaces there are densely many points \(x\) and geodesics \(G\) starting at \(x\), with conjugate points arbitrarily far (on \(G\)) from \(x\). Related with [\textit{T. Zamfirescu}, Math. Ann. 293, 109-114 (1992; Zbl 0782.53036)] it is shown that on many surfaces there are points \(x\) with arbitrarily many closed geodesic arcs at \(x\).