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Bounded geodesic image theorem via bicorn curves

Geometric Topology 2020-11-11 v1

Abstract

We give a uniform bound of the bounded geodesic image theorem for the closed oriented surfaces. The proof utilizes the bicorn curves introduced by Przytycki and Sisto (see arXiv:1502.02176). With the uniformly bounded Hausdorff distance of the bicorn paths and 1-slimness of the bicorn curve triangles, we are able to show the bound is 44 for both non-annular and annular subsurfaces. In a particular case when the distance between a geodesic and an essential boundary component of subsurface (or core if it is annular) is 18\geq 18, then the bound can be as small as 3, which is comparable to the bound 4 in the motivating examples by Masur and Minsky (see arXiv:9807150), and is same as the bound given by Webb for non-annular subsurfaces.

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@article{arxiv.2011.04878,
  title  = {Bounded geodesic image theorem via bicorn curves},
  author = {Xifeng Jin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.04878},
  year   = {2020}
}

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9 pages, 6 figures

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