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Curvature bounds on length-minimizing discs

Differential Geometry 2023-08-29 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We show that a length-minimizing disk inherites the upper curvature bound of the target. As a consequence we prove that harmonic discs and ruled discs inherit the upper curvature bound from the ambient space.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2308.14684,
  title  = {Curvature bounds on length-minimizing discs},
  author = {Alexander Lytchak and Sophia Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.14684},
  year   = {2023}
}

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18 pages

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