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Incomplete surface z equals r to three halves (z=r3/2)

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The surface of revolution
S={(rcosθ,rsinθ,r3/2):r>0}
(1)
is geodesically incomplete: a meridian reaches the missing origin in finite length. Its Gaussian curvature, computed using the curvatures of a parametrized surface of revolution, is
K(r)=8r(1+9r/4)29​,
(2)
which tends to infinity as r↓0. Every finite-time endpoint of a constant-speed geodesic must approach the origin, the only finite point in the ambient closure missing from S, so this surface satisfies the curvature-blowup criterion.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / ii / Paper 4 / 25I / c / ii / Solution

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