The cut locus of a two-sphere of revolution and Toponogov's comparison theorem

DOI10.2748/tmj/1192117984zbMath1158.53033OpenAlexW2144784789WikidataQ125820553 ScholiaQ125820553MaRDI QIDQ2472341

Robert Sinclair, Minoru Tanaka

Publication date: 21 February 2008

Published in: Tôhoku Mathematical Journal. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.tmj/1192117984

zbMATH Keywords

manifoldcut locusrevolutionToponogov theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22)

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