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The length of the shortest closed geodesic on positively curved 2-spheres

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We show that the shortest closed geodesic on a 2-sphere with non-negative curvature has length bounded above by three times the diameter. We prove a new isoperimetric inequality for 2-spheres… Click to show full abstract

We show that the shortest closed geodesic on a 2-sphere with non-negative curvature has length bounded above by three times the diameter. We prove a new isoperimetric inequality for 2-spheres with pinched curvature; this allows us to improve our bound on the length of the shortest closed geodesic in the pinched curvature setting.

Keywords: shortest closed; curved spheres; geodesic positively; length shortest; positively curved; closed geodesic

Journal Title: Mathematische Zeitschrift
Year Published: 2021

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