2.II.24H

Differential Geometry
Part II, 2005

State the isoperimetric inequality in the plane.

Let SR3S \subset \mathbb{R}^{3} be a surface. Let pSp \in S and let Sr(p)S_{r}(p) be a geodesic circle of centre pp and radius rr ( rr small). Let LL be the length of Sr(p)S_{r}(p) and AA be the area of the region bounded by Sr(p)S_{r}(p). Prove that

4πAL2=π2r4K(p)+ε(r),4 \pi A-L^{2}=\pi^{2} r^{4} K(p)+\varepsilon(r),

where K(p)K(p) is the Gaussian curvature of SS at pp and

limr0ε(r)r4=0.\lim _{r \rightarrow 0} \frac{\varepsilon(r)}{r^{4}}=0 .

When K(p)>0K(p)>0 and rr is small, compare this briefly with the isoperimetric inequality in the plane.