The shortest non-simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces

DOI10.1007/S00209-023-03401-8MaRDI QIDQ6139843zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Ara Basmajian, Hugo Parlier, Hanh Nguyen Vo

Publication date 19 December 2023

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.12966

zbMATH Keywords

moduli spacesclosed curveshyperbolic surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20)

Abstract: This article explores closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces. We show that, for sufficiently large $k$, the shortest closed geodesics with at least $k$ self-intersections, taken among all hyperbolic surfaces, all lie on an ideal pair of pants and have length $2arccosh(2k+1)$.

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