Liberman's lemma

Liberman's lemma is a theorem used in studying intrinsic geometry of convex surface. It is named after Joseph Liberman.

Formulation

If ${\displaystyle \gamma }$ is a unit-speed minimizing geodesic on the surface of a convex body K in Euclidean space then for any point p ∈ K, the function

${\displaystyle t\mapsto \operatorname {dist} ^{2}\circ \gamma (t)-t^{2}}$

is concave.

References

• Либерман, И. М. «Геодезические линии на выпуклых поверхностях». ДАН СССР. 32.2. (1941), 310—313.

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