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Planar subspaces are intrinsically CAT(0)

Geometric Topology 2020-04-14 v3 Metric Geometry

Abstract

Let MkM_k be the complete, simply connected, Riemannian 2-manifold of constant curvature k0k \le 0. Let EE be a closed, simply connected subspace of MkM_k with the property that every two points in EE is connected by a rectifiable path in EE. We show that under the induced path metric, EE is a complete CAT(kk) space. We also show that the natural notions of angle coming from the intrinsic and extrinsic metrics coincide for all simple geodesic triangles.

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@article{arxiv.1001.2299,
  title  = {Planar subspaces are intrinsically CAT(0)},
  author = {Russell Ricks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.2299},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

11 pages, 5 figures; accepted for publication in Tsukuba Journal of Mathematics

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