Angular self-intersections for closed geodesics on surfaces

Pollicott, Mark; Sharp, Richard

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Angular self-intersections for closed geodesics on surfaces
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Abstract:

In this note we consider asymptotic results for self-intersections of closed geodesics on surfaces for which the angle of the intersection occurs in a given arc. We do this by extending Bonahon’s definition of intersection forms for surfaces.

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