An algebraic characterization of simple closed curves on surfaces with boundary

We prove that a conjugacy class in the fundamental group of a surface with boundary is represented by a power of a simple curve if and only if the Goldman bracket of two different powers of this class, one of them larger than two, is zero. The main theorem actually counts self-intersection number of...

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spelling todo:paper_17935253_v2_n3_p395_Chas2023-10-03T16:32:54Z An algebraic characterization of simple closed curves on surfaces with boundary Chas, M. Krongold, F. conjugacy classes embedded curves hyperbolic geometry intersection number Lie algebras Surfaces We prove that a conjugacy class in the fundamental group of a surface with boundary is represented by a power of a simple curve if and only if the Goldman bracket of two different powers of this class, one of them larger than two, is zero. The main theorem actually counts self-intersection number of a primitive class by counting the number of terms of the Goldman bracket of two distinct powers, one of them larger than two. © 2010 World Scientific Publishing Company. Fil:Chas, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Krongold, F. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_17935253_v2_n3_p395_Chas
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topic conjugacy classes
embedded curves
hyperbolic geometry
intersection number
Lie algebras
Surfaces
spellingShingle conjugacy classes
embedded curves
hyperbolic geometry
intersection number
Lie algebras
Surfaces
Chas, M.
Krongold, F.
An algebraic characterization of simple closed curves on surfaces with boundary
topic_facet conjugacy classes
embedded curves
hyperbolic geometry
intersection number
Lie algebras
Surfaces
description We prove that a conjugacy class in the fundamental group of a surface with boundary is represented by a power of a simple curve if and only if the Goldman bracket of two different powers of this class, one of them larger than two, is zero. The main theorem actually counts self-intersection number of a primitive class by counting the number of terms of the Goldman bracket of two distinct powers, one of them larger than two. © 2010 World Scientific Publishing Company.
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author Chas, M.
Krongold, F.
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Krongold, F.
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title An algebraic characterization of simple closed curves on surfaces with boundary
title_short An algebraic characterization of simple closed curves on surfaces with boundary
title_full An algebraic characterization of simple closed curves on surfaces with boundary
title_fullStr An algebraic characterization of simple closed curves on surfaces with boundary
title_full_unstemmed An algebraic characterization of simple closed curves on surfaces with boundary
title_sort algebraic characterization of simple closed curves on surfaces with boundary
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