Intersection points of closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces of finite area

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNAF217MaRDI QIDQ6937594zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Tina Torkaman

Publication date 26 August 2025

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/IMRN/RNAF217

zbMATH Keywords

closed geodesicsequidistributionhyperbolic surfaceintersection number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Uniformly hyperbolic systems (expanding, Anosov, Axiom A, etc.) (37D20) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25)

Review text

It is well-known that the closed geodesics of length no more than \(T\) on a complete hyperbolic surface of finite area equidistribute with respect to the area measure as \(T\to\infty\) (this was shown, for example, by \textit{R. Bowen} [Am. J. Math. 94, 413--423 (1972; Zbl 0249.53033)] and in the~1970 thesis of \textit{G. A. Margulis} [On some aspects of the theory of Anosov systems. With a survey by Richard Sharp: Periodic orbits of hyperbolic flows. Transl. from the Russian by S. V. Vladimirovna. Berlin: Springer (2004; Zbl 1140.37010)]. Here the theory of geodesic currents is used to show a similar equidistribution result for the set of intersection points of closed geodesics. The method of proof also gives the growth rate of the intersection numbers between all closed geodesics. Part of the argument recovers in a new way results of \textit{S. P. Lalley} on equidistribution of self-intersections of closed geodesics in the same setting [Ohio State Univ. Math. Res. Inst. Publ. 5, 263--272 (1996; Zbl 0868.58066)].

Cites work

• Bouts des variétés hyperboliques de dimension 3. (Ends of hyperbolic 3-dimensional manifolds)
• Ergodicité et équidistribution en courbure négative
• Foundations of ergodic theory
• Geometry and spectra of compact Riemann surfaces
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2019764 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 776267 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 936387 (Why is no real title available?)
• The Equidistribution of Closed Geodesics
• The geometry of Teichmüller space via geodesic currents
• Universal length bounds for non-simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces

This page was built for publication: Intersection points of closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces of finite area

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6937594)