A short proof of a theorem by Hopf

DOI10.1016/J.EXMATH.2015.07.007zbMATH Open1347.55005arXiv1507.07018OpenAlexW2963281593MaRDI QIDQ530366FDOQ530366

Daniel Cibotaru

Publication date: 29 July 2016

Published in: Expositiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A proof based on the Chern-Gauss-Bonnet Theorem is given to Hopf Theorem concerning the degree of the Gauss map of a hypersurface in $mathbb{R}^n$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.07018

zbMATH Keywords

degree of Gauss map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Connections (general theory) (53C05) Embeddings and immersions in topological manifolds (57N35) Degree, winding number (55M25)

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• An elementary proof of the Birkhoff-Hopf theorem
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