A characterization of round spheres in terms of blocking light

DOI10.4171/CMH/195zbMATH Open1188.53033arXiv0704.3642MaRDI QIDQ2269701FDOQ2269701

Benjamin Schmidt, Juan Souto

Publication date: 17 March 2010

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A closed Riemannian manifold is said to have cross blocking if whenever distinct points p and q are at distance less than the diameter, all light rays from p can be shaded away from q with at most two point shades. Similarly, a closed Riemannian manifold is said to have sphere blocking if for each point p, all the light rays from p are shaded away from p by a single point shade. We prove that Riemannian manifolds with cross and sphere blocking are isometric to round spheres.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3642

zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldblocking numbercross blockingsphere blocking

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22)

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