An improved Toponogov comparison theorem for nonnegatively curved manifolds

DOI10.4310/JDG/1214435490zbMath0526.53043OpenAlexW1507810258WikidataQ115188939 ScholiaQ115188939MaRDI QIDQ594398

Doug Elerath

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214435490

zbMATH Keywords

cut locusToponogov comparison theoremflattening surface of revolutionflattening trianglesgeodesic triangleshinges

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20)

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