Paper 3 , Section II, G

Differential Geometry
Part II, 2015

Show that the surface SS of revolution x2+y2=cosh2zx^{2}+y^{2}=\cosh ^{2} z in R3\mathbb{R}^{3} is homeomorphic to a cylinder and has everywhere negative Gaussian curvature. Show moreover the existence of a closed geodesic on SS.

Let SR3S \subset \mathbb{R}^{3} 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 SS contains at most one closed geodesic. [If required, appropriate forms of the Jordan curve theorem in the plane may also be used without proof.