Lower bound on the number of non-simple closed geodesics on surfaces

DOI10.1007/S10711-016-0155-3zbMATH Open1353.53051arXiv1505.06805OpenAlexW1517013712MaRDI QIDQ329331FDOQ329331

Jenya Sapir

Publication date: 21 October 2016

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a lower bound on the number of non-simple closed curves on a hyperbolic surface, given upper bounds on both length and self-intersection number. In particular, we carefully show how to construct closed geodesics on pairs of pants, and give a lower bound on the number of curves in this case. The lower bound for arbitrary surfaces follows from the lower bound on pairs of pants. This lower bound demonstrates that as the self-intersection number $K=K(L)$ goes from a constant to a quadratic function of $L$, the number of closed geodesics transitions from polynomial to exponential in $L$. We show upper bounds on the number of such geodesics in a subsequent paper.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.06805

zbMATH Keywords

geometric group theory[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=combinatorial+Teichm%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDller+theory&go=Go combinatorial Teichm��ller theory]geometric topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65)

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