Skew Loops and Quadric Surfaces
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A skew loop is a closed curve without parallel tangent lines. We prove: The only complete surfaces in R with a point of positive curvature and no skew loops are the quadrics. In particular: Ellipsoids are the only closed surfaces without skew loops. Our efforts also yield results about skew loops on cylinders and positively curved surfaces.
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