The security conjecture for Riemannian tori

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a Riemannian torus, meaning a manifold diffeomorphic to a torus equipped with a Riemannian metric. A finite set BM{x,y}B\subset M\setminus\{x,y\} is a blocking set for points x,yMx,y\in M if every geodesic joining xx and yy passes through a point of BB. The torus (M,g)(M,g) is secure if every pair of points, including a point paired with itself, admits such a finite blocking set. Torus security conjecture. A Riemannian torus is secure if and only if it is flat. The abstract describes this as a consequence of the general security conjecture, and the paper proves it for two-dimensional tori; the assertion for tori of arbitrary dimension remains open in the source.

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Victor Bangert and Eugene Gutkin, “Secure two-dimensional tori are flat”, arXiv:0806.3572 (2008).

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