Geodesic intersections in arithmetic hyperbolic 3-manifolds (Q1365161): Difference between revisions

Let \(M\) be a hyperbolic manifold that is a complete, orientable, 3-dimensional Riemannian manifold all of whose sectional curvatures are \(-1\). A closed geodesic in \(M\) is simple if it has no self-intersections and is nonsimple otherwise. It was shown in [\textit{T. Chinburg} and \textit{A. W. Reid}, J. Differ. Geom. 38, 545-558 (1993; Zbl 0783.53028)] that there exist closed hyperbolic manifolds in which all closed geodesics are simple. Subsequently, Basmajian and Wolpert showed that almost all closed hyperbolic manifolds with quasi-Fuchsian fundamental groups have all closed geodesics simple and disjoint. The authors show that examples of closed hyperbolic manifolds constructed in [\textit{T. Chinburg} and \textit{A. W. Reid}, loc. cit.] have no closed geodesics that intersect, except at right angles and any pair of closed geodesics admits infinitely many closed geodesics that intersects both geodesics of the pair perpendicularly. The latter statement is shown to be true for all closed arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds. The methods rely heavily on arithmetic techniques. In the last section of the paper the authors partially answer a question posed by J.Weeks: Does every finite volume hyperbolic manifold have a complex length \(\ell\) such that the collection of all closed geodesics of that length form a link?