Hopf-Rinow Theorem

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Theorem

Let $\struct {M, g}$ be a connected Riemannian manifold.


Then $M$ is metrically complete if and only if it is geodesically complete.


Proof




Source of Name

This entry was named for Heinz Hopf and Willi Ludwig August Rinow.


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