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Twisted embeddings of tori have small extrinsic systole

Differential Geometry 2026-04-15 v2 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We prove a type of systolic inequality for embeddings of T2T^2 in R3\mathbb{R}^3. In particular, a highly twisted T2T^2 embedded in R3\mathbb{R}^3 must contain a non-contractible loop of small R3\mathbb{R}^3-diameter.

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@article{arxiv.2507.23766,
  title  = {Twisted embeddings of tori have small extrinsic systole},
  author = {Sahana Vasudevan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.23766},
  year   = {2026}
}

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20 pages, v2: improved exposition