The Cut Locus of Riemannian Manifolds: a Surface of Revolution
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This article reviews the structure theorems of the cut locus for very familiar surfaces of revolution. Some properties of the cut locus of a point of a Riemannian manifold are also discussed.
Keywords: Riemannian manifolds, surface of revolution, homeomorphic
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