Paper 3 , Section II, G
Part II, 2015
Show that the surface of revolution in is homeomorphic to a cylinder and has everywhere negative Gaussian curvature. Show moreover the existence of a closed geodesic on .
Let be an arbitrary embedded surface which is homeomorphic to a cylinder and has everywhere negative Gaussian curvature. By using a suitable version of the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, show that contains at most one closed geodesic. [If required, appropriate forms of the Jordan curve theorem in the plane may also be used without proof.