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If $S$ is a surface with a geodesic on it, can we find another surface $S'$ such that these surfaces are tangent on the geodesic with the additional condition that there is no other intersection?

Furthermore, to what extent can we loosen the assumption of "geodesic"?

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    Possibly relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubular_neighborhood2011-09-13

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