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= Solution
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Let $g(x,y,z)=x^2+y^2-z^2$. The upper cone away from the apex is the part of $g^{-1}(0)$ with $z>0$. There
$$
\nabla g=(2x,2y,-2z)\ne0.
$$
The <regular level set theorem> says that a level set of a smooth scalar function with nonzero <gradient> is an embedded <submanifold> of codimension one. Intersecting it with the open half-space $z>0$ preserves this local property. Thus \b[$M$ is a two-dimensional submanifold of $\mathbb R^3$].

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