The flat strip theorem fails for surfaces with no conjugate points
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Abstract:
A compact ${C^\infty }$ surface with no conjugate points is constructed so that there are two homotopic closed geodesies that do not bound a flat annulus.References
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- © Copyright 1992 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 115 (1992), 199-206
- MSC: Primary 53C20; Secondary 53C22
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1992-1093593-0
- MathSciNet review: 1093593