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Incomplete positively curved strip with infinite diameter (g=du2+cos2udv2,∣u∣<π/4,v∈R)

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This metric pulls back the round spherical metric by (u,v)↦(cosucosv,cosusinv,sinu). It has unit Gaussian curvature and Ricci curvature equal to its metric, yet the meridian reaches a missing boundary in finite time. Every curve between (0,0) and (0,L) has length at least ∣L∣/2​, so its diameter is infinite. It shows that the positive Ricci bound alone does not replace geodesic completeness in the Bonnet-Myers theorem.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2013 / iii / Paper 15 / 5 / Solution

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