Liberman's lemma

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

Formulation

If 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

is concave.

References

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