Simple geodesics on Riemann surfaces
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Abstract:
As observed by Myrberg, on any closed hyperbolic surface the closed geodesics cover a dense subset. Below, it is shown that the simple geodesics cannot cover such parts of a surface which are sufficiently thin.References
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- © Copyright 1982 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 86 (1982), 120-122
- MSC: Primary 30F10; Secondary 32G15, 53C22
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1982-0663879-3
- MathSciNet review: 663879