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Geodesic trapped in one half of the unit one-sheet hyperboloid
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Differential geometry
Smooth surface
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One-sheet hyperboloid
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2026-09-24
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For
a
unit-
speed
geodesic
on
x
2
+
y
2
=
z
2
+
1
, Clairaut'
s
constant
c
gives
z
˙
2
=
1
+
2
z
2
z
2
+
1
−
c
2
.
(1)
If
c
>
1
, the
geodesic
has a
turning point
at
z
=
c
2
−
1
and remains entirely in one of the regions
z
>
0
or
z
<
0
.
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One-sheet hyperboloid
Hyperboloid
Smooth surface
Differential geometry
Geometry and topology
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
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2023
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ib
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Paper 3
/
12E
/
iii
/
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