Infinite curvature on typical convex surfaces

Abstract

Solving a long-standing open question in convex geometry, we will show that typical convex surfaces contain points of infinite curvature in all tangent directions. To prove this, we use an easy curvature definition imitating the idea of Alexandrov spaces of bounded curvature, and show continuity properties for this notion. Along the way, we show a theorem for the approximation of convex surfaces by smooth surfaces.

arXiv commentPub version, to appear in Geometriae Dedicata