Paper 3, Section I, E
Part IB, 2021
State the local Gauss-Bonnet theorem for geodesic triangles on a surface. Deduce the Gauss-Bonnet theorem for closed surfaces. [Existence of a geodesic triangulation can be assumed.]
Let denote the sphere with radius centred at the origin. Show that the Gauss curvature of is . An octant is any of the eight regions in bounded by arcs of great circles arising from the planes . Verify directly that the local Gauss-Bonnet theorem holds for an octant. [You may assume that the great circles on are geodesics.]