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Sept. 2002 Characterizations of space forms by circles on their geodesic spheres
Toshiaki Adachi, Sadahiro Maeda
Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. 78(7): 143-147 (Sept. 2002). DOI: 10.3792/pjaa.78.143

Abstract

In this paper we characterize space forms by observing the extrinsic shape of circles on their geodesic spheres.

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Toshiaki Adachi. Sadahiro Maeda. "Characterizations of space forms by circles on their geodesic spheres." Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. 78 (7) 143 - 147, Sept. 2002. https://doi.org/10.3792/pjaa.78.143

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Published: Sept. 2002
First available in Project Euclid: 23 May 2006

zbMATH: 1030.53057
MathSciNet: MR1930220
Digital Object Identifier: 10.3792/pjaa.78.143

Subjects:
Primary: 53B25
Secondary: 53C40

Keywords: circles , curves of order 2 , geodesic spheres , geodesics , plane curves , space forms

Rights: Copyright © 2002 The Japan Academy

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