Study geodesics in conformally compact manifolds, showing smoothness and asymptotic behavior.
problem Analyzing geodesics in conformally compact manifolds with varying curvature.
method Examining asymptotic behavior and regularity of geodesics near boundary.
result Non-trapped geodesics extend to conformal infinity with C1,α regularity, endpoints smooth on initial conditions. The study examines surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds that become nearly flat.
problem Characterizing surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds that become nearly flat.
method Analyzes asymptotically geodesic surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds with finite and infinite volume.
result For finite volume, asymptotically geodesic surfaces are dense; for infinite volume, they do not exist.
Geodesic completeness and optimal Sobolev index proven for Minkowski spacetimes.
problem Geodesic completeness and optimal Sobolev index for Minkowski spacetimes.
method Null non-trapping condition and real principal type estimate.
result Optimal Sobolev index proven for asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes.
Study geodesic Lie groups' convergence to limits with quantitative estimates.
problem Quantifying convergence rates of geodesic Lie groups to their limits.
method Estimates on the difference between original metrics and asymptotic/tangent metrics.
result Sharpens existing bounds on convergence rates.
Study on eigenvalue rate of geodesic balls in asymptotically hyperbolic Einstein manifolds.
problem Rate of decrease of the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of geodesic balls.
method Investigation of eigenvalues in asymptotically hyperbolic Einstein manifolds with nonnegative Yamabe type conformal infinity.
result Two-term asymptotic of eigenvalues is the same as in hyperbolic space for nonnegative Yamabe type conformal infinity.
Estimates geodesics on surfaces without conjugate points.
problem Counting geodesics on surfaces without conjugate points.
method Margulis-type asymptotic estimates.
result Asymptotic estimates for geodesics on surfaces.
Asymptotic dimension of planes and graphs is at most three.
problem Understanding the geometric complexity of planes and graphs.
method Analyzing geodesic spaces and their homeomorphisms to subsets in the plane.
result The asymptotic dimension of the plane and any planar graph is at most three.
Asymptotic geodesics in convex polygons are convex for large distances.
problem Understanding convexity of geodesics in Hilbert geometry.
method Analyzing the distance function between asymptotic geodesics for large t.
result The distance function between asymptotic geodesics is convex for sufficiently large t.
Geodesic lines with specific boundaries found on a special type of manifold.
problem Existence of geodesic lines with prescribed asymptotic boundaries.
method Proper exponential map assumption, solution to the asymptotic Plateau problem.
result Existence of geodesic lines with Morse index ≤ n-1.
We employ min-max methods to construct uncountably many, geometrically distinct, properly embedded geodesic lines in any asymptotically conical surface of non-negative scalar curvature, a setting where minimization schemes are doomed to fail. Our construction provides control of the Morse index of the geodesic lines we…
The study of random surfaces reveals asymptotic lengths of separating geodesics.
problem Understanding geometric properties of random hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analysis of Weil-Petersson measure and asymptotic behavior of lengths.
result The shortest separating closed geodesics have lengths about 2logg. The paper studies geodesic hypersurfaces in hyperbolic manifolds and their fundamental groups.
problem Understanding the fundamental groups of hyperbolic manifolds through geodesic hypersurfaces.
method Analyzing sequences of asymptotically geodesic hypersurfaces and their properties.
result If a closed hyperbolic manifold contains a sequence of asymptotically geodesic hypersurfaces, its fundamental group is virtually special and linear over integers.
Geodesic X-ray transform proves injective for smooth one-forms on gas giant manifolds.
problem Injectivity of geodesic X-ray transform for one-forms on specific manifolds.
method Pestov identity and asymptotic analysis of short geodesics.
result Geodesic X-ray transform is solenoidally injective for smooth one-forms on gas giant manifolds.
We show that the strong asymptotic class of Weil-Petersson (WP) geodesics with narrow end invariant and bounded annular coefficients is determined by the forward ending lamination. This generalizes the Recurrent Ending Lamination Theorem of Brock-Masur-Minsky. As an application we provide a symbolic condition for diver…
The paper studies the shortest closed multi-geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces as their genus grows.
problem Finding the asymptotic behavior of shortest closed multi-geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzing the length of shortest filling closed multi-geodesics using hyperbolic geometry and asymptotic analysis.
result The length of a shortest filling closed multi-geodesic is uniformly comparable to a specific formula involving the genus and lengths of closed geodesics.
CAT(0) spaces with small volume growth are homeomorphic to Euclidean space.
problem Characterizing CAT(0) spaces with specific volume growth properties.
method Analyzing asymptotic topological regularity and volume growth.
result CAT(0) spaces with small volume growth are homeomorphic to Euclidean space.
Study geodesics in curved spaces, counts ambiguous paths, confirms number theory conjectures.
problem Counting ambiguous geodesics in curved spaces.
method Asymptotic formula for common perpendiculars in negatively curved spaces, applying to modular orbifolds and number fields.
result Confirms and extends Motohashi's conjecture on binary additive divisor problem.
Counting hyperbolic multi-geodesics with individual component lengths.
problem Counting hyperbolic multi-geodesics with specific component lengths.
method Unified geometric and topological techniques, combining Mirzakhani's results and Margulis's ideas.
result Asymptotic polynomial counts of multi-geodesics in mapping class group orbits, generalizing Wolpert's conjecture.
Solves Dirichlet problem for harmonic maps to give geodesic insights.
problem Asymptotic Dirichlet problem for harmonic maps.
method Holographic characterization using conformal geodesics.
result Characterizes conformal geodesics on the boundary.
Solves geodesic equations on special Kähler manifolds, proving global regularity.
problem Geodesic equations on ALE Kähler manifolds.
method Solving geodesic equations under ALE conditions, proving regularity.
result Global C1,1 regularity of geodesic solutions. Study of Lévy flights on Zoll surfaces, revealing geometric information.
problem Understanding the mean first capture time of Lévy flights on Zoll surfaces.
method Analysis of geodesic Lévy processes on Zoll surfaces, focusing on the first correction term.
result The first correction term encodes geometric information, specifically the degree of the conjugate point.
Study counts geodesics on modular surface, linking to necklace counting.
problem Counting geodesics on modular surface with specific winding numbers.
method Asymptotic expansion, generating function analysis, correspondence to necklace counting.
result Obtained asymptotic growth rate of m low-lying geodesics in terms of word length.
The paper counts geodesic loops on surfaces without conjugate points.
problem Counting geodesic loops on surfaces of genus at least 2 without conjugate points.
method Proves asymptotic estimates for closed geodesic loops on compact surfaces with no conjugate points.
result Generalizes classical counting results and sector theorems for surfaces of strictly negative curvature.
Local X-ray transform works well near boundaries in hyperbolic spaces.
problem Injectivity of X-ray transform near boundaries for hyperbolic metrics.
method Local injectivity proof for geodesic X-ray transform on asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds.
result Local injectivity near a boundary point for X-ray transform in dimensions 3 and higher, up to O(ρ5). A prime geodesic theorem for singular geodesics in a locally symmetric space is proved. As an application, an asymptotic formula for units in number fields is given.
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 which gives precise information on the asymptotic spiraling lengths of geodesic lin…
New method constructs asymptotic convex hypersurfaces via equidistant hyperplanes.
problem Constructing asymptotic convex hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space.
method Approximating hypersurface by geodesic graphs over equidistant hyperplanes.
result Existence of complete, strictly locally convex hypersurfaces with prescribed asymptotic boundary.
Geodesics in Sol geometry described with invariant k and spiral properties.
problem Understanding the geodesic flow in the Sol geometry.
method Self-contained geometric description and analysis of geodesics.
result Characterization of geodesic segments, cut locus, and asymptotic distance growth.
The study counts geodesics on special manifolds without focusing points.
problem Counting geodesics on specific types of manifolds.
method Margulis-type asymptotic estimates and analysis of geodesic flow.
result The geodesic flow on these manifolds has a unique measure of maximal entropy with the Bernoulli property.
The paper proves a rigidity theorem for null geodesic travel times in asymptotically AdS spacetimes.
problem Determining if a spacetime is conformally AdS based on null geodesic travel times.
method Analyzing all null geodesics from a point to its antipodal point, considering various spacetime conditions.
result The spacetime is conformally AdS if and only if all null geodesics from a point refocus at its antipodal point.
Conformally compact asymptotically hyperbolic metrics have been intensively studied. The goal of this note is to understand what intrinsic conditions on a complete Riemannian manifold (M,g) will ensure that g is asymptotically hyperbolic in this sense. We use the geodesic compactification by asymptotic geodesic rays to…
Geodesics of the same type on curved surfaces are randomly distributed.
problem Distribution of geodesics of the same type on negatively curved surfaces.
method Asymptotic equidistribution with respect to a measure on the unit tangent bundle.
result Geodesics of the same type are asymptotically equidistributed with respect to a measure mS. On a Riemannian 2-torus (T2,g) we study the geodesic flow in the case of low complexity described by zero topological entropy. We show that this assumption implies a nearly integrable behavior. In our previous paper \cite{GK} we already obtained that the asymptotic direction and therefore also the rotation number ex…
Paper proves a new criterion for time-like geodesics in flat spacetimes.
problem Existence and nature of time-like geodesics in asymptotically flat spacetimes.
method Generalized topological criterion using the Jordan-Brouwer Separation Theorem and differential geometry.
result Conclusively affirms the presence of time-like geodesics intersecting transversally.
We find an upper bound for the asymptotic dimension of a hyperbolic metric space with a set of geodesics satisfying a certain boundedness condition studied by Bowditch. The primary example is a collection of tight geodesics on the curve graph of a compact orientable surface. We use this to conclude that a curve graph h…
Study on higher-dimensional quasigeodesics in metric spaces.
problem Understanding asymptotic structure of Morse quasiflats.
method Proving asymptotic conicality, uniqueness of tangent cones at infinity and Euclidean volume growth rigidity.
result Morse quasiflats exhibit Euclidean volume growth rigidity.
Given a geodesic inside a simply-connected, complete, non-positively curved Riemannian (NPCR) manifold M, we get an associated geodesic inside the asymptotic cone Cone(M). Under mild hypotheses, we show that if the latter is contained inside a bi-Lipschitz flat, then the original geodesic supports a non-trivial, orthog…
Extends flat submanifold properties from hyperbolic plane to symmetric spaces.
problem Spectral asymptotics for orbital integrals in symmetric spaces.
method Generalizes geodesic properties to maximal flat submanifolds.
result Establishes geometric properties of maximal flat submanifolds in symmetric spaces.
We define an ending lamination for a Weil-Petersson geodesic ray. Despite the lack of a natural visual boundary for the Weil-Petersson metric, these ending laminations provide an effective boundary theory that encodes much of its asymptotic CAT(0) geometry. In particular, we prove an ending lamination theorem (Theorem …
We obtain asymptotics of sequences of the holomorphic sections of the pluricanonical bundles on ball quotients associated to closed geodesics. A nonvanishing result follows.
We obtained a complete classification of simple closed geodesics on regular tetrahedra in Lobachevsky space. Also, we evaluated the number of simple closed geodesics of length not greater than L and found the asymptotic of this number as L goes to infinity.
We introduce the notion of spectral flow along a periodic semi-Riemannian geodesic, as a suitable substitute of the Morse index in the Riemannian case. We study the growth of the spectral flow along a closed geodesic under iteration, determining its asymptotic behavior.
The paper calculates heat kernel and closed geodesic asymptotics for nilpotent coverings.
problem Heat kernel and closed geodesic asymptotics for nilpotent coverings.
method Finite-dimensional rational Floquet-Bloch theory, Pytlik functional, and spectral sums.
result Genuinely local, pointwise higher-order heat-kernel expansions.
Study of Moncrief lines' behavior in curved space-times.
problem Understanding the asymptotic behavior of Moncrief lines in curved space-times.
method Analysis of geodesic laminations and convergence to Thurston boundary.
result Moncrief lines converge to a unique point in the Thurston boundary.
The study quantifies geodesic divergence on Riemannian planes with bounded geometry.
problem Understanding geodesic divergence on Riemannian planes with specific geometric constraints.
method Recalling quasi-redirection and using it to quantify geodesic divergence, compactifying Riemannian planes into D2 or S2. result Necessary and sufficient conditions for the quasi-redirecting compactification being S2 are derived in terms of asymptotic cones. This short survey illustrates the ideas of Teichmuller dynamics. As a model application we consider the asymptotic topology of generic geodesics on a "flat" surface and count closed geodesics and saddle connections. This survey is based on the joint papers with A.Eskin and H.Masur and with M.Kontsevich.
Uniform counting formulas for orthogeodesics in Kleinian groups converge.
problem Counting orthogeodesics in Kleinian groups converging to a limit.
method Spectral gap of the limit manifold and geodesic flow mixing property.
result Asymptotically uniform counting formulas for orthogeodesics.
Mirzakhani's thesis counts geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces, finding a specific asymptotic formula.
problem Counting simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Inspired by lattice point counting, uses principles of homogeneous dynamics.
result The number of simple closed geodesics of length ≤ L is asymptotic to L^(6g-6) times a constant.