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Convex and starshaped sets in manifolds without conjugate points

Differential Geometry 2019-12-05 v2

Abstract

Let Wn\mathcal{W}^{n} be the class of CC^{\infty } complete simply connected nn-dimensional manifolds without conjugate points. The hyperbolic space as well as Euclidean space are good examples of such manifolds. Let % W\in \mathcal{W}^{n} and let AA be a subset of WW. This article aims at characterization and building convex and starshaped sets in this class from inside. For example, it is proven that, for a compact starshaped set, the convex kernel is the intersection of stars of extreme points only. Also, if a closed unbounded convex set AA does not contain a totally geodesic hypersurface and its boundary has no geodesic ray, then AA is the convex hull of its extreme points. This result is a refinement of the well-known Karein-Millman theorem.

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@article{arxiv.1311.0454,
  title  = {Convex and starshaped sets in manifolds without conjugate points},
  author = {Sameh Shenawy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.0454},
  year   = {2019}
}

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arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1301.0688

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