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Characterizes covers using simple closed curves on surfaces.

The paper characterizes simple closed curves on surfaces using profinite rigidity.

The paper studies hyperbolic phenomena on closed surfaces using bicorn curves.

ccc-Autoevolutes are closed curves congruent to their evolutes, constructed via symmetry.

Study on CR curves in 3-sphere, focusing on critical curves integration and existence.

Study constructs closed curves with constant curvature on cylinders and tori.

The paper shows how to rearrange arcs to form closed curves.

Simple lifts of non-simple curves on surfaces.

We prove that the set of closed finite gap curves in hyperbolic 3-space $\mathbb{H}^3$ is $W^{2,2}$-dense in the Sobolev space of all closed $W^{2,2}$-curves in $\mathbb{H}^3$. We also show that the set of closed finite gap curves in any 2-dimensional space form $\mathbb{E}^2$ is $W^{2,2}$-dense in the Sobolev space of…

Defines Vassiliev complexity measures for open and closed curves in 3D space.

Two flows for convex curves converge to circles smoothly.

Study calculates global sections on complex curves.

Proves minimum number of normals to curves in 3D space.

The study counts curves on a once-punctured torus with self-intersections.

A Heegaard splitting of a closed, orientable three-manifold satisfies the disjoint curve property if the splitting surface contains an essential simple closed curve and each handlebody contains an essential disk disjoint from this curve [Thompson, 1999]. A splitting is full if it does not have the disjoint curve proper…

The abstract finds conditions for creating curves of constant curvature.

We show that any initial closed curve suitably close to a circle flows under length-constrained curve diffusion to a round circle in infinite time with exponential convergence. We provide an estimate on the total length of time for which such curves are not strictly convex. We further show that there are no closed tran…

We define a computable topological invariant $μ(γ)$ for generic closed planar regular curves $γ$, which gives an effective lower bound for the number of inflection points on a given generic closed planar curve. Using it, we classify the topological types of locally convex curves (i.e. closed planar regular curves witho…

Automorphisms of fine 1-curve graph linked to surface homeomorphisms.

The paper proposes a new method for modeling and quantifying uncertainty in multiple closed curves.

New insights into stability of special curves on spheres.

The energy minimization problem associated to uniform, isotropic, linearly elastic rods leads to a geometric variational problem for the rod centerline, whose solutions include closed, knotted curves. We give a complete description of the space of closed and quasiperiodic solutions. The quasiperiodic curves are paramet…

A new FFT-based method for fast rigid alignment of 2D closed curves.

Any generic closed curve in the plane can be transformed into a simple closed curve by a finite sequence of local transformations called homotopy moves. We prove that simplifying a planar closed curve with $n$ self-crossings requires $Θ(n^{3/2})$ homotopy moves in the worst case. Our algorithm improves the best previou…

Study on closed curves on negatively curved surfaces, linking number formula, and restrictions.

The paper examines how closed curves on surfaces intersect and how this intersection determines the curves.

We define winding numbers of regular closed curves on surfaces with a nice euclidean or hyperbolic geometry. We prove that two regular closed curves are regularly homotopic if and only if they are freely homotopic and have the same winding number.

We show that the spaces of closed finite gap curves in ${\mathbb R}^3$ and ${\mathbb S}^3$ are dense with respect to the Sobolev $W^{2,2}$-norm in the spaces of closed curves in ${\mathbb R}^3$ respectively ${\mathbb S}^3$.

We introduce the self-linking number of a smooth closed curve in R^n with respect to a 3-dimensional vector bundle over the curve, provided that some regularity conditions are satisfied. When n=3, this construction gives the classical self-linking number of a closed embedded curve with non-vanishing curvature. We also …

Homotopy types of curve and arc complexes are studied.

Let M be a compact, orientable, mean convex 3-manifold with boundary. We show that the set of all simple closed curves in the boundary of M which bound unique area minimizing disks in M is dense in the space of simple closed curves in the boundary of M which are nullhomotopic in M. We also show that the set of all simp…

Estimates the number of closed curves on surfaces with power-saving error terms.

We produce a sequence of finite dimensional representations of the fundamental group $π_1(S)$ of a closed surface where all simple closed curves act with finite order, but where each non--simple closed curve eventually acts with infinite order. As a consequence, we obtain a representation theoretic algorithm which deci…

We use pinched smooth hyperbolization to show that every closed, nonpositively curved $n$-dimensional manifold $M$ can be embedded as a totally geodesic submanifold of a closed, nonpositively curved $(n+1)$-dimensional manifold $\hat{M}$ of geometric rank one.

Given a Riemannian metric on a homotopy $n$-sphere, sweep it out by a continuous one-parameter family of closed curves starting and ending at point curves. Pull the sweepout tight by, in a continuous way, pulling each curve as tight as possible yet preserving the sweepout. We show: Each curve in the tightened sweepout …

Study of $p$-biharmonic curves and their properties.

Study shortest non-separating curves on non-orientable surfaces, proving NP-hardness and tractability.

The paper generalizes Fenchel's theorem for curves with singularities.

Simple closed curves in ε-boundaries separate sets in the plane.

We uncover some connections between the topology of a complete Riemannian surface M and the minimum number of vertices, i.e., critical points of geodesic curvature, of closed curves in M. In particular we show that the space forms with finite fundamental group are the only surfaces in which every simple closed curve ha…

The paper proves a minimum number of closed geodesics on positively curved Finsler spheres.

Given a Riemannian metric on the 2-sphere, sweep the 2-sphere out by a continuous one-parameter family of closed curves starting and ending at point curves. Pull the sweepout tight by, in a continuous way, pulling each curve as tight as possible yet preserving the sweepout. We show the following useful property (see Th…

The paper studies the free elastic flow of closed curves and finds their asymptotic shape converges to a circle.

We consider a regular embedded network composed by two curves, one of them closed, in a convex domain $Ω$. The two curves meet only in one point, forming angle of $120$ degrees. The non-closed curve has a fixed end point on $\partialΩ$. We study the evolution by curvature of this network. We show that the maximal exist…

We show that for any n real periodic functions f_1,..., f_n with the same period, such that f_i>0 for i<n, and a real number e >0, there is a closed curve in R^{n+1} with curvatures k_1, ..., k_n such that |k_i(t)-f_i(t)| < e for all i and t. This neither holds for closed curves in the hyperbolic space H^{n+1}, nor for…

We find the minimal value of the length in de Sitter space of closed space-like curves with non-vanishing non-space-like geodesic curvature vector. These curves are in correspondence with closed almost-regular canal surfaces, and their length is a natural magnitude in conformal geometry. As an application, we get a low…

Study on closed $p$-elastic curves in hyperbolic and de Sitter planes.

Study of closed real plane curves with hyperelliptic genus three solutions.