Shortest paths in arbitrary plane domains

DOI10.4153/S0008414X20000784zbMATH Open1493.54036arXiv1903.06737OpenAlexW3100676098MaRDI QIDQ5075982FDOQ5075982

Authors: L. C. Hoehn, Lex Oversteegen, E. D. Tymchatyn 

Publication date: 12 May 2022

Published in: Canadian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $Omega$ be a connected open set in the plane and $gamma:[0,1]ooverlineOmega$ a path such that $gamma((0,1))subsetOmega$. We show that the path $gamma$ can be ``pulled tight to a unique shortest path which is homotopic to $gamma$, via a homotopy $h$ with endpoints fixed whose intermediate paths $h_t$, for $tin[0,1)$, satisfy $h_t((0,1))subsetOmega$. We prove this result even in the case when there is no path of finite Euclidean length homotopic to $gamma$ under such a homotopy. For this purpose, we offer three other natural, equivalent notions of a ``shortest path. This work generalizes previous results for simply connected domains with simple closed curve boundaries.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.06737

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zbMATH Keywords

homotopylengthpathplane domainshortestanalytic covering map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) Topological spaces of dimension (leq 1); curves, dendrites (54F50)

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