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A lower semicontinuous metric on a manifold \(M\) assigns to each tangent space \(T_x\) in \(M\), of a metric having the form \(g(y)=\|y\|\) for \(y\in F\), \(g(y)= +\infty\) for \(y\notin F\), where \(F\) is a subspace of \(T_x\) and \(|\cdot|\) an inner product on \(F\), and everything varies lower semicontinuously in \(x\). The author shows that any two points on a lower semicontinuous manifold are joined by a geodesic which has minimal length. The analogue of the Laplacian for such metrics is also discussed. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0825.00039].