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Define what is meant by the geodesic curvature of a regular curve parametrized by arc length on a smooth oriented surface . If is the unit sphere in and is a parametrized geodesic circle of radius , with , justify the fact that .
State the general form of the Gauss-Bonnet theorem with boundary on an oriented surface , explaining briefly the terms which occur.
Let now denote the circular cone given by and , for a fixed choice of with , and with a fixed choice of orientation. Let be a simple closed piecewise regular curve on , with (signed) exterior angles at the vertices (that is, is the angle between limits of tangent directions, with sign determined by the orientation). Suppose furthermore that the smooth segments of are geodesic curves. What possible values can take? Justify your answer.
[You may assume that a simple closed curve in bounds a region which is homeomorphic to a disc. Given another simple closed curve in the interior of this region, you may assume that the two curves bound a region which is homeomorphic to an annulus.]