The paper finds bounds on shortest dense curves on surfaces.
problem Finding shortest dense curves on surfaces.
method Quantitative density of closed geodesics and orthogeodesics.
result Upper bounds on shortest dense curves.
Explicit bounds found for shortest orthogeodesics and volumes of hyperbolic manifolds.
problem Finding explicit bounds for shortest orthogeodesics and volumes of hyperbolic manifolds.
method Derived explicit estimates for functions related to volumes and orthospectra, using a new approach.
result Explicit lower bound for the length of the shortest orthogeodesic in terms of volume.
Short proof for ideal polygons with near optimal orthogeodesic decomposition.
problem Decomposing ideal polygons into orthogeodesics.
method Short proof with orthogeodesic decomposition of length at most 2log(n). result Optimal orthogeodesic decomposition of ideal polygons with length 2log(n). The paper explores orthogeodesics on hyperbolic surfaces and their integer traces.
problem Computing and understanding orthogeodesics on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Recursive method for computing orthogeodesic traces and combinatorial proof of Basmajian's identity.
result Existence of surfaces where orthogeodesic traces are integers.
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.
Proves identities linking curve lengths and orthogeodesics on hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Exploring relationships between curve lengths and orthogeodesics on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Partitioned orthogeodesics into sets based on dynamical behavior, relating them to geodesics on orbifold surfaces.
result Extends a result to surfaces with cusps, showing how to extend a previous result.
This paper discovers new identities linking geodesic and orthogeodesic lengths on hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Understanding relationships between geodesic and orthogeodesic lengths on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Investigates a broad family of identities involving lengths of all closed geodesics and orthogeodesics.
result Introduces new identities that include lengths of all closed geodesics, contrasting with previous identities.
Graded identities for hyperbolic surfaces with cusps and cone points.
problem Understanding dilogarithm identities on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Establishing graded versions of Bridgeman's dilogarithm identity.
result Applications to the study of orthogeodesics.
For suitable metrics on the locally symmetric space associated to a maximal representation, we prove inequalities between the length of the boundary and the lengths of orthogeodesics that generalize the classical Basmajian's identity from Teichmueller theory. Any equality characterizes diagonal embeddings.
Study geodesics on flat tori, focusing on convex bodies.
problem Analyze geodesics orthogonal to convex subsets on flat tori.
method Define anisotropic Sobolev spaces and study properties of geodesics.
result Compute residues of geometric Epstein function in terms of intrinsic volumes.
The Poincaré series for surfaces with boundary extends to the complex plane.
problem Counting geodesics on surfaces with boundaries.
method Analytic continuation of Poincaré series.
result Poincaré series extend meromorphically to the whole complex plane.
Algorithms find second and third shortest non-trivial closed walks on surfaces.
problem Finding non-trivial closed walks on surfaces efficiently.
method Algorithms based on careful analysis of shortest curves and configurations.
result Second shortest walk found in O(n2logn) time, third in O(n3) time. Study geodesics and shortest arcs on Lie groups with specific metrics.
problem Characterize geodesics and shortest paths on Lie groups with sub-Riemannian metrics.
method Analytical and geometric methods to find geodesics and shortest arcs.
result Found geodesics, shortest arcs, distances, and conjugate loci for specified metrics.
Shortest geodesic on curved spheres is no longer than 3 times the diameter.
problem Finding the shortest closed geodesic on spheres with positive curvature.
method Proved a new isoperimetric inequality for spheres with pinched curvature, used to improve the bound on the shortest geodesic.
result The shortest closed geodesic is no longer than 3 times the diameter of the sphere.
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.
Study geodesics and shortest arcs on Lie groups with specific metrics.
problem Characterize geodesics and shortest arcs in sub-Riemannian metrics on Lie groups.
method Investigated left-invariant sub-Riemannian metrics on SU(1,1)imesR and SO0(2,1)imesR. result Found geodesics, shortest arcs, cut loci, and conjugate loci.
Generative Flow Networks solve shortest path problems in graphs.
problem Finding shortest paths in graphs.
method Generative Flow Networks with flow regularization.
result Training a GFlowNet can solve pathfinding problems in arbitrary graphs.
Deep learning approximates shortest path distances in large graphs.
problem Scaling up shortest path distance computation in large networks.
method Deep learning techniques to approximate distances using vector embeddings.
result Feedforward neural networks with embeddings can approximate distances with low distortion error.
Improved bounds on shortest geodesics with self-intersections on hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Quantifying the complexity of non-simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzing the geometry of shortest figure eight curves and constructing geodesic representatives.
result Explicit upper bounds for the length of shortest geodesics with k self-intersections improved from 512 to 128. The paper finds shortest geodesic bounds on orbifolds with diameter limits.
problem Bounding the shortest closed geodesic on compact orbifolds.
method Generalizing length-bounded sweepouts to orbifolds.
result Established an inequality linking shortest geodesic length to orbifold diameter.
Study on shortest arcs on hyperbolic surfaces with boundary.
problem Characterize and maximize the length of shortest essential arcs on hyperbolic surfaces with geodesic boundaries.
method Analyze hyperbolic surfaces with multiple boundary components, construct surfaces with large orthosystole, and compare growth rates.
result Orthosystole grows at the same rate as Bavard's upper bound as the genus increases.
Study shortest non-simple geodesics on 2-orbifolds, finding unique shortest curve.
problem Finding shortest non-simple closed geodesics disjoint from orbifold points.
method Fundamental domains and hyperbolic trigonometry.
result Identified and classified all figure eight geodesics on triangle group orbifolds.
Study shortest non-separating curves on non-orientable surfaces, proving NP-hardness and tractability.
problem Computing shortest non-separating simple closed curves on non-orientable surfaces.
method Developed tools for computing shortest curves, proving NP-hardness and tractability.
result Proved NP-hardness and fixed-parameter tractability for computing shortest orienting curves, and polynomial-time algorithm for non-orienting curves.
Shortest non-simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces found.
problem Finding the shortest non-simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzing closed geodesics with at least k self-intersections on hyperbolic surfaces.
result The shortest non-simple closed geodesics lie on an ideal pair of pants and have length $2\arccosh(2k+1)$.
Sharp bounds found on shortest geodesic on punctured spheres.
problem Finding the shortest closed geodesic on punctured spheres.
method Sharp curvature-free upper bounds expressed in terms of area, extremal metrics described.
result Optimal bounds for spheres with up to four ends, extended to larger numbers of punctures.
The classical theorem of Fáry states that every planar graph can be represented by an embedding in which every edge is represented by a straight line segment. We consider generalizations of Fáry's theorem to surfaces equipped with Riemannian metrics. In this setting, we require that every edge is drawn as a shortest pa…
We give a metric characterization of the Euclidean sphere in terms of the lower bound of the sectional curvature and the length of the shortest closed geodesics.
We give a metric characterization of the Euclidean sphere in terms of the lower bound of the sectional curvature and the length of the shortest closed geodesics.
Study shows shortest periodic geodesic on hyperbolic orbisphere complements figure-eight knot.
problem Shortest periodic geodesic on hyperbolic orbisphere with cone points.
method Computation of linking numbers to show homeomorphism.
result Lift of shortest periodic geodesic is homeomorphic to figure-eight knot complement.
The paper improves bounds on the shortest closed geodesic length on surfaces.
problem Finding the shortest closed geodesic on surfaces of finite area.
method Proving new upper bounds for the length of the shortest closed geodesic.
result Improved bounds on the length of the shortest closed geodesic.
Continuity of earthquake flow map transfers Teichmüller dynamics results.
problem Transfer results from Teichmüller dynamics to earthquake flow.
method Analyze continuity of earthquake flow map and its inverse.
result Transfer results from Teichmüller dynamics to earthquake flow.
We compute the number of systoles, the shortest simple closed geodesics and 2-systoles, the second shortest simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces homeomorphic to once-punctured torus and four-punctured sphere.
Consider a weighted or unweighted k-nearest neighbor graph that has been built on n data points drawn randomly according to some density p on R^d. We study the convergence of the shortest path distance in such graphs as the sample size tends to infinity. We prove that for unweighted kNN graphs, this distance converges …
Study shows shortest geodesic length on certain manifolds is limited by volume, diameter, and cover elements.
problem Bounding the length of shortest closed geodesics on Riemannian manifolds with good covers.
method Generalization of previous results using diameter, volume, and cover elements to bound geodesic length.
result Length of shortest closed geodesic is bounded by a function of volume, diameter, and cover elements.
Infinite fractal tree solves shortest connection problem.
problem Finding the shortest connection for a fractal set.
method Constructing an infinite planar self-similar binary tree.
result The tree is the unique solution to the Steiner problem.
Any finite configuration of curves with minimal intersections on a surface is a configuration of shortest geodesics for some Riemannian metric on the surface. The metric can be chosen to make the lengths of these geodesics equal to the number of intersections along them.
Study shortest geodesics on flat cone spheres with conical singularities.
problem Understanding the distribution of shortest geodesics on flat cone spheres.
method Proved a recurrent relation on the distribution of the length of shortest geodesics with respect to Thurston's volume form.
result Proved a recurrent relation on the distribution of the length of shortest geodesics.
There have lately been several suggestions for parametrized distances on a graph that generalize the shortest path distance and the commute time or resistance distance. The need for developing such distances has risen from the observation that the above-mentioned common distances in many situations fail to take into ac…
Algorithm reduces regret in SSP problems with LFA.
problem Finding shortest paths in stochastic environments with linear approximations.
method Uses linear function approximation and stationary policies to minimize regret.
result Achieves sublinear regret under minimal assumptions.
Study on OI surfaces with unique geometric properties.
problem Characterizing and classifying ortho-integral surfaces.
method Analyzing geodesic arcs and cosh-length properties.
result Infinitely many commensurability classes of OI surfaces arise as topologies vary.
Study bounds the length of shortest periodic geodesics on certain curved spaces.
problem Bounding the length of shortest periodic geodesics on curved spaces.
method Analyzing the space of closed loops and their homotopy.
result The length of a shortest periodic geodesic is bounded by 8π(n−1). In every conformal class of Finsler (or Riemannian) metrics on a closed manifold there exists a residual subset of Finsler metrics, such that, with respect to the residual Finsler metrics, in any non-trivial homotopy class of free loops there is precisely one shortest geodesic loop.
Study finds shortest geodesic loops on Stiefel manifold and calculates its injectivity radius.
problem Determining the shortest geodesic loops and injectivity radius on Stiefel manifold.
method Combining bounds on sectional curvature with existing metrics.
result Exact value of the injectivity radius for a wide range of metrics.
The authors find geodesics, shortest arcs, diameter, cut locus, and conjugate sets for left-invariant sub-Riemannian metric on the Lie group SO(3), under condition that the metric is right-invariant relative to the Lie subgroup SO(2)⊂SO(3).
New bounds on shortest geodesic loops on a sphere.
problem Finding shortest geodesic loops on a sphere.
method Analyzing geodesic loops starting and ending at a fixed point on a sphere.
result At any point on a sphere, there are at least two distinct geodesic loops whose lengths are bounded by 8d and 14d.
Landmark-based node embeddings approximate shortest path distances in random graphs.
problem Capturing global graph distances in node representations.
method Landmark-based node embeddings using shortest path distances from a subset of reference nodes (landmarks).
result Random graphs require lower dimensions in landmark-based embeddings compared to worst-case graphs.
There are many equivalent definitions of Riemannian geodesics. They are naturally generalised to sub-Riemannian manifold, but become non-equivalent. We give a review of different definitions of geodesics of a sub-Riemannian manifold and interrelation between them. We recall three variational definitions of geodesics as…
In this paper, we prove some convergence results of a special case of optimistic policy iteration algorithm for stochastic shortest path problem. We consider both Monte Carlo and TD(λ) methods for the policy evaluation step under the condition that the termination state will eventually be reached almost surely.