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Main Authors: Beach, Isabel, Peruyero, Haydeé Contreras, Rotman, Regina, Searle, Catherine
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10975
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author Beach, Isabel
Peruyero, Haydeé Contreras
Rotman, Regina
Searle, Catherine
author_facet Beach, Isabel
Peruyero, Haydeé Contreras
Rotman, Regina
Searle, Catherine
contents Let $M$ be a simply connected Riemannian manifold in $\mathscr{M}_{k,v}^D(n)$, the space of closed Riemannian manifolds of dimension $n$ with sectional curvature bounded below by $k$, volume bounded below by $v$, and diameter bounded above by $D$. Let $c$ be the smallest positive real number such that any closed curve of length at most $2d$ can be contracted to a point over curves of length at most $cd$, where $d$ is the diameter of $M$. In this paper, we show that under these hypotheses there exists a computable rational function, $G(n,k,v,D)$, such that any continuous map of $S^l$ to $Ω_{p,q}M$, the space of piecewise differentiable curves on $M$ connecting $p$ and $q$, is homotopic to a map whose image consists of curves of length at most $\exp(c\exp(G(n,k,v,D))$. In particular, for any points $p,q \in M$ and any integer $m>0$ there exist at least $m$ geodesics connecting $p$ and $q$ of length at most $m\exp(c\exp(G(n,k,v,D))$.
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spellingShingle Linear Bounds for the Lengths of Geodesics on Manifolds With Curvature Bounded Below
Beach, Isabel
Peruyero, Haydeé Contreras
Rotman, Regina
Searle, Catherine
Differential Geometry
53C22
Let $M$ be a simply connected Riemannian manifold in $\mathscr{M}_{k,v}^D(n)$, the space of closed Riemannian manifolds of dimension $n$ with sectional curvature bounded below by $k$, volume bounded below by $v$, and diameter bounded above by $D$. Let $c$ be the smallest positive real number such that any closed curve of length at most $2d$ can be contracted to a point over curves of length at most $cd$, where $d$ is the diameter of $M$. In this paper, we show that under these hypotheses there exists a computable rational function, $G(n,k,v,D)$, such that any continuous map of $S^l$ to $Ω_{p,q}M$, the space of piecewise differentiable curves on $M$ connecting $p$ and $q$, is homotopic to a map whose image consists of curves of length at most $\exp(c\exp(G(n,k,v,D))$. In particular, for any points $p,q \in M$ and any integer $m>0$ there exist at least $m$ geodesics connecting $p$ and $q$ of length at most $m\exp(c\exp(G(n,k,v,D))$.
title Linear Bounds for the Lengths of Geodesics on Manifolds With Curvature Bounded Below
topic Differential Geometry
53C22
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10975