Conjugate points in length spaces

DOI10.1016/j.aim.2008.10.002zbMath1178.53080arXiv0709.2331OpenAlexW2158017441MaRDI QIDQ2519765

Christina Sormani, Krishnan Shankar

Publication date: 27 January 2009

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2331

zbMATH Keywords

conjugate pointsclosed geodesicslength spacemetric geometrygeodesic spacelong homotopy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Direct methods ((G)-spaces of Busemann, etc.) (53C70)

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