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Simple closed geodesics on regular tetrahedra in spherical space

Metric Geometry 2021-10-27 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

On a regular tetrahedron in spherical space there exist the finite number of simple closed geodesics. For any pair of coprime integers (p,q)(p,q) it was found the numbers α1\alpha_1 and α2\alpha_2 depending on pp, qq and satisfying the inequalities π/3<α1<α2<2π/3\pi/3< \alpha_1 < \alpha_2 < 2\pi/3 such that on a regular tetrahedron in spherical space with the faces angle α(π/3,α1)\alpha \in \left( \pi/3, \alpha_1 \right) there exists unique, up to the rigid motion of the tetrahedron, simple closed geodesic of type (p,q)(p,q), and on a regular tetrahedron with the faces angle α(α2,2π/3)\alpha \in \left( \alpha_2, 2\pi/3 \right) there is no simple closed geodesic of type (p,q)(p,q).

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@article{arxiv.2101.07059,
  title  = {Simple closed geodesics on regular tetrahedra in spherical space},
  author = {Alexander A. Borisenko and Darya D. Sukhorebska},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.07059},
  year   = {2021}
}

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23 pages, 19 figures

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