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Take unit-curvature Real projective space ${\mathbb{RP}}^n=S^n/\{\pm 1\}$ with $n\ge 2$, and any point $p=[v]$. It is complete with positive sectional curvature. A unit-speed geodesic through $p$ lifts toSince the two representatives of an endpoint are antipodal, Riemannian distance in the quotient is the smaller of the two spherical distances:This equals $t$ for $0\le t\le \pi /2$ and is strictly smaller just afterwards. Thus the Riemannian cut point occurs at time $\pi /2$ in every direction.

Along a curvature-one geodesic, every normal Jacobi field with initial value zero is $J(t)=\sin t{P}_{t}a$, where $P_t$ is parallel transport and $a\perp \dot{\gamma }(0)$. Its first further zero is $t=\pi$. The quotient map is a local isometry, so the Jacobi field equation and conjugacy times are unchanged. HenceThis is cut and conjugate times in round real projective space.