Abstract
In earlier work, we analyzed the impossibility of codimension-one collapse for surfaces of negative Euler characteristic under the condition of a lower bound for the Gaussian curvature. Here we show that, under similar conditions, the torus cannot collapse to a segment. Unlike the torus, the Klein bottle can collapse to a segment; we show that in such a situation, the loops in a short basis for homology must stay a uniform distance apart.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Geometry |
Volume | 111 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Apr 2020 |
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