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Concavity of distance to the boundary of Riemannian manifold

MathOverflow Asked by makt on November 9, 2021

Let $(M^n,g)$ be a smooth Riemannian manifold with non-empty boundary $partial M$. Assume (for simplicity) that $M$ is compact. Let $M$ be locally geodesically convex, i.e. any shortest path in $M$ connecting any two sufficiently close points is a geodesic in $M$ (namely satisfies the standard second order ODE).

Assume in addition that $M$ has non-negative sectional curvature. Is it true that the function on $M$ given by $$xmapsto dist(x,partial M)$$
is concave, i.e. its restriction on any shortest path in concave?

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