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A norm on homology of surfaces and counting simple geodesics

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Differential Geometry Dynamical Systems Number Theory

Abstract

We define a norm on homology of punctured tori equipped with a complete hyperbolic metric of finite volume and use it to find asymptotics on the growth of the number of simple geodesics of bounded length.

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@article{arxiv.math/0005222,
  title  = {A norm on homology of surfaces and counting simple geodesics},
  author = {Greg McShane and Igor Rivin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0005222},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9pp