Paper 4, Section II, I
Let be a surface and . Define the exponential map exp and compute its differential . Deduce that is a local diffeomorphism.
Give an example of a surface and a point for which the exponential map fails to be defined globally on . Can this failure be remedied by extending the surface? In other words, for any such , is there always a surface such that the exponential map defined with respect to is globally defined on ?
State the version of the Gauss-Bonnet theorem with boundary term for a surface and a closed disc whose boundary can be parametrized as a smooth closed curve in .
Let be a flat surface, i.e. . Can there exist a closed disc , whose boundary can be parametrized as a smooth closed curve, and a surface such that all of the following hold:
(i) ;
(ii) letting be , we have that is a closed disc in with boundary
(iii) the Gaussian curvature of satisfies , and there exists a such that ?
Justify your answer.