Blocking light in compact Riemannian manifolds

DOI10.2140/gt.2007.11.867zbMath1135.53028arXivmath/0607789OpenAlexW3104268702WikidataQ115231051 ScholiaQ115231051MaRDI QIDQ2464813

Benjamin Schmidt, Jean-François Lafont

Publication date: 17 December 2007

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0607789

zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldgeodesicEuclidean buildingflat manifoldblocking light

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20)

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