Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 4 25I c ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
For an example satisfying , consider the incomplete surface z equals r to three halvesA meridian of a surface of revolution reaches the missing origin in the finite lengthso is geodesically incomplete. The curvatures of a parametrized surface of revolution giveBy constant speed of an affinely parametrized geodesic, a geodesic with a finite endpoint has finite length and converges in . The finite-dimensional continuation criterion rules out an endpoint in a compact subset of , and infinity is infinitely far away. It must approach the origin, so holds.
The answer to the second question is no. The punctured circular coneis incomplete because a generator reaches the missing vertex in finite time. It is inextendible: a proper connected smooth extension would have to add the origin, but the tangent planes approaching the origin depend on and therefore cannot be the continuous tangent planes of a smooth surface. Yetby the Gaussian curvature of a cone away from its vertex. Thus this incomplete inextendible surface does not satisfy .