The structure theorem for the cut locus of a certain class of cylinders of revolution. I.

DOI10.3836/TJM/1422452803MaRDI QIDQ2339633zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pakkinee Chitsakul

Publication date 2 April 2015

Published in Tokyo Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.7475, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.tjm/1422452803

zbMATH Keywords

cut locuscut pointcylinder of revolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to determine the structure of the cut locus for a class of surfaces of revolution homeomorphic to a cylinder. Let $M$ denote a cylinder of revolution which admits a reflective symmetry fixing a parallel called the equator of $M.$ It will be proved that the cut locus of a point $p$ of $M$ is a subset of the union of the meridian and the parallel opposite to $p$ respectively, if the Gaussian curvature of $M$ is decreasing on each upper half meridian.

Review text

The paper determines the cut locus of certain complete surfaces of revolution. The author assumes a complete surface of revolution diffeomorphic to a cylinder, with a symmetry of reflection in a particular parallel, with positive Gauss curvature on that parallel and decreasing away from it. On such a surface, the cut locus of every point contains the meridian opposite to that point. If the point is close enough to that particular parallel, then the cut locus also contains an interval of the parallel ``opposite in the reflective symmetry, and the interval is symmetric around the opposite meridian. If the point is farther away, then the cut locus is precisely the opposite meridian. The author provides a precise criterion for distinguishing these two cases, and determining the length of the interval in the first case, in terms of the Clairaut integral of motion.

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