The cut locus and distance function from a closed subset of a Finsler manifold

zbMATH Open1358.53080arXiv1207.0918MaRDI QIDQ2960977FDOQ2960977

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Publication date: 17 February 2017

Abstract: We characterize the differentiable points of the distance function from a closed subset $N$ of an arbitrary dimensional Finsler manifold in terms of the number of $N$-segments. In the case of a 2-dimensional Finsler manifold, we prove the structure theorem of the cut locus of a closed subset $N$, namely that it is a local tree, it is made of countably many rectifiable Jordan arcs except for the endpoints of the cut locus and that an intrinsic metric can be introduced in the cut locus and its intrinsic and induced topologies coincide. We should point out that these are new results even for Riemannian manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0918

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zbMATH Keywords

distance functionJordan arcslocal tree

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60)

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