Skip to content

Manifolds without 1/k-geodesic

Wing Kai Ho

math.DGarXiv:math/0610503

Abstract

It is a question by C.Sormani that whether there exists a k ∈ N, such that any compact, smooth and simply connected manifold has a 1/k-geodesic. We prove in this paper that this is not true by showing for each k, there exists a metric on the sphere such that it has no 1/k-geodesic.

Create a lesson