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In this paper, free boundary geodesic networks whose length realize the first min-max width of the length functional are investigated. This functional acts on the space of relative flat 1-dimensional cycles modulo 2 in a compact surface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-29 Sidney Donato , Rafael Montezuma

We give an algorithm to compute the stable lengths of pseudo-Anosovs on the curve graph, answering a question of Bowditch. We also give a procedure to compute all invariant tight geodesic axes of pseudo-Anosovs. Along the way we show that…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-05-16 Richard C. H. Webb

Manifolds discovered by machine learning models provide a compact representation of the underlying data. Geodesics on these manifolds define locally length-minimising curves and provide a notion of distance, which are key for reduced-order…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Daniel Kelshaw , Luca Magri

Suppose $M$ is a complete, non-compact $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with locally convex ends and finite volume. We prove that $M$ admits a non-trivial geodesic net with one vertex, at most $(n+2)(n+1)/2$ edges, and total length at…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Isabel Beach

Given a negatively curved geodesic metric space $M$, we study the statistical asymptotic penetration behavior of (locally) geodesic lines of $M$ in small neighborhoods of points, of closed geodesics, and of other compact (locally) convex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-08-23 Sa'ar Hersonsky , Frédéric Paulin

In this article, we prove a generalization of our previous result in [12]. In particular, we show that for an $n$-dimensional, simply connected Riemannian manifold with diameter $D$ and volume $V$. Suppose that $M$ admits a good cover…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-03 Zhifei Zhu

Periodic geodesics on the modular surface correspond to periodic orbits of the geodesic flow in its unit tangent bundle $\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z})\backslash\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb{R})$. The complement of any finite number of orbits is a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-05-19 Alex Brandts , Tali Pinsky , Lior Silberman

Given a hyperbolic surface $\Sigma$ of genus $g$ with $r$ cusps, Mirzakhani proved that the number of closed geodesics of length at most $L$ and of a given type is asymptotic to $cL^{6g-6+2r}$ for some $c>0$. Since a closed geodesic…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-27 Dounnu Sasaki

We find a canonical decomposition of a geodesic current on a surface of finite type arising from a topological decomposition of the surface along special geodesics. We show that each component either is associated to a measured lamination…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-10-20 Marc Burger , Alessandra Iozzi , Anne Parreau , Maria Beatrice Pozzetti

Properties of two classes of generally convex sets in the n-dimentional real Euclidean space, called m-semiconvex and weakly m-semiconvex, 1<=m<n, are investigated in the present work. In particular, it is established that an open set with…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Tetiana Osipchuk

We provide a self-contained geometric description of the geodesic flow in the three-dimensional Lie group $\mathrm{Sol}$, one of Thurston's eight model geometries. The geometry of geodesics is governed by a single invariant $k\in[0,1]$, its…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Marc Troyanov

Here we study the behaviour of the horocyclic orbit of a vector on the unit tangent bundle of a geometrically infinite surface with variable negative curvature, when the corresponding geodesic ray is almost minimizing and the injectivity…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-05-29 Victoria García

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

We study Weil-Petersson (WP) geodesics with narrow end invariant and develop techniques to control length-functions and twist parameters along them and prescribe their itinerary in the moduli space of Riemann surfaces. This class of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Babak Modami

We determine weak asymptotics of counting functions on generic surfaces in a component of a stratum of $k$-differentials when $k$ is prime and genus is greater than $2$. In order to do so, we classify the $GL^+(2,\mathbb{R})$-orbit closure…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-09-18 Juliet Aygun

We show that every closed Lorentzian surface contains at least two closed geodesics. Explicit examples show the optimality of this claim. Refining this result we relate the least number of closed geodesics to the causal structure of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-02-24 Stefan Suhr

The geodesic complexity of a length space $X$ quantifies the required number of case distinctions to continuously choose a shortest path connecting any given start and end point. We prove a local lower bound for the geodesic complexity of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-12 Florian Frick , Pranav Rajbhandari

Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold of hyperbolic type, i.e M is a manifold admitting another metric of strictly negative curvature. In this paper we study the geodesic flow restricted to the set of geodesics which are minimal on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-08-12 Gerhard Knieper , Carlos Ogouyandjou , Jan Philipp Schröder

In many singular metric spaces, the regularity of a shortest-length curve is unknown. Algebraic varieties, or more generally sets defined by finitely many polynomial or real analytic equalities or inequalities, all locally partition into…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-30 Chengcheng Yang

Given a negatively curved geodesic metric space M, we study the asymptotic penetration behaviour of geodesic lines of M in small neighbourhoods of closed geodesics and of other compact convex subsets of M. We define a spiraling spectrum…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-01-07 Jouni Parkkonen , Frédéric Paulin