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This article deals with the set of closed geodesics on complete finite type hyperbolic surfaces. For any non-negative integer $k$, we consider the set of closed geodesics that self-intersect at least $k$ times, and investigate those of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-12-23 Thi Hanh Vo

We study the relationship between the lengths of closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces and their topological complexity, measured by the self-intersection number. In particular, we provide explicit upper bounds for the length $s_k(X)$ of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Changjie Chen

We prove that the minimal length of a closed geodesic with self-intersection number $k$ on any finite-type hyperbolic surface is $2\cosh^{-1}(1+2k)$ for $k>1750$. This improves the previously known threshold $k > 10^{13350}$. Our proof is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Wujie Shen

In the present paper, we show that the minimal length of closed geodesics on finite-type hyperbolic surfaces with self-intersection number $k$ has order $2\log k$ as $k$ gets large.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-07-19 Wujie Shen , Jiajun Wang

We study closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces, and give bounds for their angles of intersection and self-intersection, and for the sides of the polygons that they form, depending only on the lengths of the geodesics

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-05-28 Max Neumann-Coto , Peter Scott

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…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-11-16 Ara Basmajian , Hugo Parlier , Hanh Vo

We give a lower bound on the number of non-simple closed curves on a hyperbolic surface, given upper bounds on both length and self-intersection number. In particular, we carefully show how to construct closed geodesics on pairs of pants,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-02-21 Jenya Sapir

Let X be a complete hyperbolic surface of finite area. We establish that the intersection points of closed geodesics with length <T are equidistributed on X as T goes to infinity.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Tina Torkaman

We prove that, if a closed geodesic $\Gamma$ on a complete finite type hyperbolic surface has at least 2 self-intersections, then the length of $\Gamma$ has an lower bound $2\log(5+2\sqrt6)$, and the lower bound is sharp, attained on a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Wujie Shen

The interaction strength I(X) of a compact hyperbolic surface X is the best upper bound for the intersection number of two closed geodesics divided by the product of their lengths. Let $M_g$ be the moduli space of compact hyperbolic…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Tina Torkaman

Given a hyperbolic surface $\S$, a classic result of Birman and Series states that for each $K$, all complete geodesics with at most $K$ self-intersections can only pass through a certain nowhere dense, Hausdorff dimension 1 subset of $\S$.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-02-21 Jenya Sapir

The mapping class group of a surface $\S$ acts on the set of closed geodesics on $\S$. This action preserves self-intersection number. In this paper, we count the orbits of curves with at most $K$ self-intersections, for each $K \geq 1$.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-07-20 Jenya Sapir

On a hyperbolic Riemann surface, given two simple closed geodesics that intersect $n$ times, we address the question of a sharp lower bound $L_n$ on the length attained by the longest of the two geodesics. We show the existence of a surface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thomas Gauglhofer , Hugo Parlier

We give bounds on the number of non-simple closed curves on a negatively curved surface, given upper bounds on both length and self-intersection number. In particular, it was previously known that the number of all closed curves of length…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-02-21 Jenya Sapir

Let $X$ be a compact hyperbolic surface of genus $g$, and $C$ a geodesic current on $X$. Denote by $h_X(C)$ the measure-theoretic entropy of $C$ with respect to the geodesic flow. Assume that $C$ is ergodic. In this paper, we establish a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Tina Torkaman

We prove upper bounds for the Morse index and number of intersections of min-max geodesics achieving the $p$-widths of a closed surface. A key tool in our analysis is a proof that for a generic set of metrics, the tangent cone at any vertex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-04 Jared Marx-Kuo , Lorenzo Sarnataro , Douglas Stryker

In this note we show that for any hyperbolic surface S, the number of geodesics of length bounded above by L in the mapping class group orbit of a fixed closed geodesic with a single double point is asymptotic to L raised to the dimension…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-07-05 Igor Rivin

This note is about a type of quantitative density of closed geodesics on closed hyperbolic surfaces. The main results are upper bounds on the length of the shortest closed geodesic that $\varepsilon$-fills the surface.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-05-31 Ara Basmajian , Hugo Parlier , Juan Souto

This paper is about a type of quantitative density of closed geodesics and orthogeodesics on complete finite-area hyperbolic surfaces. The main results are upper bounds on the length of the shortest closed geodesic and the shortest doubly…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-06-26 Nhat Minh Doan

We exhibit orbits of the geodesic flow on a hyperbolic surface with at least one cusp such that every tubular neighborhood contains uncountably many distinct geodesic flow orbits. The proof relies on new phenomena, namely the existence of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Sergi Burniol Clotet , Françoise Dal'Bo
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