 Intersection of closed geodesics on a positively curved sphere (source code)

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= Intersection of closed geodesics on a positively curved sphere

Two disjoint simple closed curves on a sphere bound an annulus $A$. If both are geodesics, its boundary geodesic-curvature terms vanish, whereas $\chi(A)=0$. Gauss-Bonnet would give
$$
\int_AK\,dA=0,
$$
which is impossible when $K>0$ everywhere.

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