 Conjugate points (source code)

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= Conjugate points
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= Conjugate points along a geodesic
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Two points along a <geodesic> are conjugate when a nonzero <Jacobi field> along it vanishes at both points. This detects singularity of the geodesic exponential map and governs loss of local length minimization.

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