A weak counterexample to the Carathéodory conjecture (Q5945501)

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A weak counterexample to the Carathéodory conjecture
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1657000

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    A weak counterexample to the Carathéodory conjecture (English)
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    4 November 2003
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    The Carathéodory conjecture states that a smooth compact strictly convex surface in the Euclidean \(3\)-space has at least two umbilic points. In the present paper a differentiable non-convex surface with a unique umbilic point is presented.
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    umbilic point
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    Carathéodory conjecture
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