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Re: Embedding Flat-Surfaces-with-Cone-Points in 3-Space
Posted:
Jun 26, 1996 2:08 PM
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I wrote:
>Imagine a metric surface M (possibly noncompact, and possibly with boundary)
>which, in the complement of a discrete set C = C(M), is a flat Riemannian
>surface. We hold off on insisting on a particular differentiability class.
>
>We call C(M) the "conepoints" of M.
>
>At each point p of D, however, p has a neighborhood which is isometric to a
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>cone (that is, one nappe of a cone) having (total angle about p) = ang(p),
>with ang(p) unequal to 2 pi.
>
> [...]
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TYPO ALERT: The highlighted text should read
>At each point p of C
--Dan Asimov
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