Diophantine approximation for negatively curved manifolds

DOI10.1007/S002090200412MaRDI QIDQ1849657zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sa'ar Hersonsky, Frédéric Paulin

Publication date 1 December 2002

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9909131

zbMATH Keywords

cuspRiemannian manifoldgeodesics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Conformal metrics (hyperbolic, Poincaré, distance functions) (30F45) Markov and Lagrange spectra and generalizations (11J06)

Abstract: Let M be a geometrically finite pinched negatively curved Riemannian manifold with at least one cusp. Inspired by the theory of diophantine approximation of a real (or complex) number by rational ones, we develop a theory of approximation of geodesic lines starting from a given cusp by ones returning to it. We define a new invariant for M, the {it Hurwitz constant} of M. It measures how well all geodesic lines starting from the cusp are approximated by ones returning to it. In the case of constant curvature, we express the Hurwitz constant in terms of lengths of closed geodesics and their depths outside the cusp neighborhood. Using the cut locus of the cusp, we define an explicit approximation sequence for geodesic lines starting from the cusp and explore its properties. We prove that the modular once-punctured hyperbolic torus has the minimum Hurwitz constant in its moduli space.

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