Riemannian convex bodies with a geodesic segment on the boundary
We construct compact convex bodies whose boundaries contain a nontrivial geodesic segment and are strictly convex elsewhere. The construction applies if sectional curvature is constant near a point, or if a normal Jacobi operator has a simple maximal eigenvalue. In particular, such a body exists in every smooth three-dimensional or four-dimensional Riemannian manifold.
Authors
- Hongda Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9681-5620)
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2611.02355
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Differential Geometry Research
- Type
- preprint