 Constant speed of an affinely parametrized geodesic

ID: constant-speed-of-an-affinely-parametrized-geodesic

Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24

\frac{d}{d t} ∣ \overset{γ}{˙} ∣^{2} = 2 \overset{γ}{˙} \cdot \overset{γ}{¨} = 0,

so every affinely parametrized geodesic has constant speed.

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