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A surface for which the equations of the geodesics admit a quadratic integral , where the tensor is different from the metric tensor of the surface. For example, a surface of constant Gaussian curvature is a Liouville surface. For a surface to admit a geodesic mapping onto a plane it is necessary and sufficient that it be a Liouville surface (Dini's theorem). See also Liouville net.


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[a1] W. Blaschke, K. Leichtweiss, "Elementare Differentialgeometrie" , Springer (1973)
[a2] M. Berger, B. Gostiaux, "Differential geometry: manifolds, curves, and surfaces" , Springer (1988) (Translated from French)
How to Cite This Entry:
Liouville surface. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Liouville_surface&oldid=40018
This article was adapted from an original article by I.Kh. Sabitov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article