The shortest non-simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces

DOI10.1007/S00209-023-03401-8arXiv2210.12966MaRDI QIDQ6139843FDOQ6139843

Authors: Ara Basmajian, Hugo Parlier, Hanh Nguyen Vo 

Publication date: 19 December 2023

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

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 $2arccosh(2k+1)$.

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)

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