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The Lipschitz constant of convex sphere in $\mathbb{R}^3$

Is every convex sphere (in the sense of Alexandorff, which is the boundary of some convex body in $\mathbb{R}^3$) with Alexandorff curvature $\geq 1$, admitting a bijective map to the unit round ...
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Lipschitz-regularity of partition of unity

Let $K$ be a compact subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $\mathcal{U}$ be a finite collection of open subsets covering $K$ satisfying the minimality property: for every $U\in \mathcal{U}$, the sub-collection ...
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Currents in sub-Riemannian geometry

Federer and Fleming's notion of "currents" is well established so far, and starting from the seminal work of Ambrosio and Kirchheim, the notion of metric currents is well studied also. The ...
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Density of $C^k$-functions with Lipschitz partial derivatives

Let $N$ and $M$ be complete Riemannian manifolds, of respective dimension $n$ and $m$ with $n,m\geq 1$. Let $C^{k,1}_b(N,M)$ be set of all bounded continuous functions $f:N\rightarrow M$ for which ...
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Looking for a reference on conformal mapping on $\Bbb R^n$

A mapping $T: \Bbb R^n\to \Bbb R^n$ is said to be conformal if it is bijective and preserves angles, i.e., if $x, y: [0,1]\to \Bbb R^n$ are curves with $x(t_0)=y(t_0)$ then $$\cos (Tx(t_0),Ty(t_0))= \...
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When is the cut-locus normal coordinate collared

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete $d$-dimensional Riemannian manifold, $p \in M$ be fixed and let $C_p$ be the cut-locus of $p$. Other than when $M$ is non-positively curved (in which $C_p= \emptyset$ by ...
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Covariant derivative of determinant of the metric tensor

Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold and $g$ the Riemannian metric in coordinates $g=g_{\alpha \beta}dx^{\alpha} \otimes dx^{\beta}$, where $x^{i}$ are local coordinates on $M$. Denote by $g^{\alpha \...
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Rolle's theorem in n dimensions

This looks like a statement from a calculus textbook, which perhaps it should be. "Rolle's theorem". Let $F\colon [a,b]\to\mathbb R^n$ be a continuous function such that $F(a)=F(b)$ and $F'(t)$ ...
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Approximation of a Sobolev function that has vanishing trace on the reduced boundary of a Caccioppoli (i.e. finite perimeter) set

For $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ open and bounded, let $W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ denote the usual Sobolev space of $L^p(\Omega)$ functions with weak partial derivatives in $L^p(\Omega)$ and $W_0^{1,p}(\Omega)$ ...
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Riemannian distance functions on the real line

A distance function $d: \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R} \rightarrow [0,\infty)$ that is defined by a smooth Riemannian metric on the real line satisfies the following properties: $d$ is a length metric (...