A typical convex surface contains no closed geodesic.

DOI10.1515/crll.1991.416.195zbMath0718.52003OpenAlexW1669533154MaRDI QIDQ5749889

Peter M. Gruber

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal) (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

intrinsic geometry of convex surfacesno closed geodesic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Convex sets in (3) dimensions (including convex surfaces) (52A15) Global surface theory (convex surfaces à la A. D. Aleksandrov) (53C45) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

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