The conjugate locus on convex surfaces

DOI10.1007/s10711-018-0368-8zbMath1419.53005arXiv1806.00278OpenAlexW2964223991MaRDI QIDQ2417661

Thomas J. Waters

Publication date: 12 June 2019

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.00278

zbMATH Keywords

Jacobi fieldgeodesicconvexevoluteconjugate locusrotation index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10)

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On Cusps of Caustics by Reflection: Billiard Variations on the Four Vertex Theorem and on Jacobi’s Last Geometric Statement ⋮ The conjugate locus in convex 3-manifolds ⋮ The normal map as a vector field

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