quasigeodesic

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adjective

Of a map f: textbf R→Y, having constants K>0 and C>0 such that 1/Kd(x,y)-C<d(f(x),f(y))<Kd(x,y)+C.

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Meanings

adjectivequasigeodesic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsOf a map f: textbf R→Y, having constants K>0 and C>0 such that 1/Kd(x,y)-C<d(f(x),f(y))<Kd(x,y)+C.

    We prove Calegari's conjecture that every quasigeodesic flow on a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold has closed orbits..

    2015, Steven Frankel, “Coarse hyperbolicity and closed orbits for quasigeodesic flows”, in arXiv

Origin

From quasi- + geodesic.

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