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Thurston boundary of the universal Teichm\"uller space $T(\mathbb{D})$ is the space $PML_{bdd}(\mathbb{D})$ of projective bounded measured laminations of $\mathbb{D}$. A geodesic ray in $T(\mathbb{D})$ is of generalized Teichm\"uller type…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Xinlong Dong , Hrant Hakobyan

We show that every $\mathbb R$-linear surjective isometry between the cotangent spaces to the Teichm\"uller space equipped with the Thurston norm is induced by some isometry between the underlying hyperbolic surfaces, which is an analogue…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-01-27 Huiping Pan

This paper examines the issue of the existence and nature of time-like geodesics in asymptotically flat spacetimes and proposes a novel generalized topological criterion for the existence of time-like geodesics. Its validity is proved using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-07 Krish Jhurani , Tyler McMaken

Given two measured laminations mu and nu in a hyperbolic surface which fill up the surface, Kerckhoff [Lines of Minima in Teichmueller space, Duke Math J. 65 (1992) 187-213] defines an associated line of minima along which convex…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Raquel Diaz , Caroline Series

In spaces of nonpositive curvature the existence of isometrically embedded flat (hyper)planes is often granted by apparently weaker conditions on large scales. We show that some such results remain valid for metric spaces with non-unique…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-03-15 Dominic Descombes , Urs Lang

Starting from the equations of motion in a 1 + 1 static, diagonal, Lorentzian spacetime, such as the Schwarzschild radial line element, I find another metric, but with Euclidean signature, which produces the same geodesics x(t). This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Rickard Jonsson

Let $\mathcal T$ be the Teichm\"{u}ller space of marked genus $g$, $n$ punctured Riemann surfaces with its bordification $\Tbar$ the {\em augmented Teichm\"{u}ller space} of marked Riemann surfaces with nodes, \cite{Abdegn, Bersdeg}.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-01-01 Scott A. Wolpert

We continue the comparison between lines of minima and Teichmueller geodesics begun in [CRS1]. We show that in the Teichmueller space of a surface S, lines of minima are quasi-geodesic with respect to the Teichmueller metric. The…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-03-13 Young-Eun Choi , Kasra Rafi , Caroline Series

We discuss the issue in constructing the kinematic space of the geodesics lying partially inside the entanglement wedge associated with a single interval. We then resolve the problem by working with the equivalent kinematic space of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-25 Xing Huang

The time dependent conformally-flat spherical Rindler spacetime is investigated. The geometry has an apparent horizon that coincides with the causal horizon. The scalar acceleration of a static observer is constant and equals to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-03 Hristu Culetu

About a decade ago Thurston proved that a vast collection of 3-manifolds carry metrics of constant negative curvature. These manifolds are thus elements of {\em hyperbolic geometry}, as natural as Euclid's regular polyhedra. For a closed…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Curt McMullen

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

In a previous paper the author introduced the notion of TreadmillSled of a curve, which is an operator that takes regular curves in R^2 to curves in R^2. This operator turned out to be very useful to describe helicoidal surfaces, for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-05-18 Oscar M. Perdomo

A simple observation about the action for geodesics in a stationary spacetime with separable geodesic equations leads to a natural class of slicings of that spacetime whose orthogonal geodesic trajectories represent freely falling…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 Donato Bini , Andrea Geralico , Robert T. Jantzen

We study the distribution of closed geodesics in short intervals on random hyperbolic surfaces of large genus, and compare it with the classical problem of primes in short intervals. Viewing the surface $M$ as a random point in moduli space…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Zeev Rudnick

We introduce an algebraic system which can be used as a model for spaces with geodesic paths between any two of their points. This new algebraic structure is based on the notion of mobility algebra which has recently been introduced as a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-02-05 J. P. Fatelo , N. Martins-Ferreira

The Thurston spine consists of the subset of Teichm\"uller space at which the set of shortest curves, the systoles, cuts the surface into polygons. The systole function is a topological Morse function on Teichm\"uller space. This paper…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-04-24 Ingrid Irmer

We develop a natural and geometric way to realize the hyperbolic plane as the moduli space of marked genus 1 Riemann surfaces. To do so, a metric is defined on the Teichm\"uller space of the torus, inspired by Thurston's Lipschitz metric…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-07-05 Mark Greenfield , Lizhen Ji

We use the concept of Baire Ergodicity and Ergodic Formalism introduced to study topological and statistical attractors for interval maps, even with discontinuities. For that we also analyze the {\em wandering intervals attractors}. As a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-02-04 Vilton Pinheiro

In a 1998 preprint, Bill Thurston outlined a Teichmuller theory for hyperbolic surfaces based on maps between surfaces which minimize the Lipschitz constant (minimum stretch or best Lipschitz maps). In this paper we continue the analytic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Georgios Daskalopoulos , Karen Uhlenbeck