We prove that a generic
point of a Cr manifold endowed with a generic Riemannian structure has an unique
antipode (i.e., farthest point). Furthermore, in the case of 2-dimensional manifolds,
such a point is joined to its antipode by at most three minimizing geodesics
(r ≥ 2).
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