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Closed geodesics on incomplete surfaces

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We consider the problem of finding embedded closed geodesics on the two-sphere with an incomplete metric defined outside a point. Various techniques including curve shortening methods are used.

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@article{arxiv.math/0309159,
  title  = {Closed geodesics on incomplete surfaces},
  author = {Paul Norbury and J. Hyam Rubinstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0309159},
  year   = {2007}
}

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27 pages, 6 figures