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Does there exist a closed, bounded surface $S$ embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$ that has a geodesic $\gamma$ that spirals around a point $x$, getting closer and closer, but never reaching $x$? Here I ...

Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold, and $p,q\in M$ two points. Now, if $M$ is a complete metric space the Hopf–Rinow theorem ensures that there is a geodesic $C\subset M$ joining $p$ and $q$ that ...