Poles and Straight Lines on Surfaces

There are open problems originated from classical differential geometry. In this note some interesting open problems will be introduced.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: m-tanaka@sm.u-tokai.ac.jp

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Tanaka, M. . (2018). Poles and Straight Lines on Surfaces. CURRENT APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 161-164.

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