Download this article
 Download this article For screen
For printing
Recent Issues

Volume 29
Issue 4, 1693–2250
Issue 3, 1115–1691
Issue 2, 549–1114
Issue 1, 1–548

Volume 28, 9 issues

Volume 27, 9 issues

Volume 26, 8 issues

Volume 25, 7 issues

Volume 24, 7 issues

Volume 23, 7 issues

Volume 22, 7 issues

Volume 21, 6 issues

Volume 20, 6 issues

Volume 19, 6 issues

Volume 18, 5 issues

Volume 17, 5 issues

Volume 16, 4 issues

Volume 15, 4 issues

Volume 14, 5 issues

Volume 13, 5 issues

Volume 12, 5 issues

Volume 11, 4 issues

Volume 10, 4 issues

Volume 9, 4 issues

Volume 8, 3 issues

Volume 7, 2 issues

Volume 6, 2 issues

Volume 5, 2 issues

Volume 4, 1 issue

Volume 3, 1 issue

Volume 2, 1 issue

Volume 1, 1 issue

The Journal
About the Journal
Editorial Board
Editorial Procedure
Subscriptions
 
Submission Guidelines
Submission Page
Policies for Authors
Ethics Statement
 
ISSN 1364-0380 (online)
ISSN 1465-3060 (print)
Author Index
To Appear
 
Other MSP Journals
Closed geodesics in dilation surfaces

Adrien Boulanger, Selim Ghazouani and Guillaume Tahar

Geometry & Topology 29 (2025) 2217–2250
Abstract

We prove that directions of closed geodesics in every dilation surface form a dense subset of the circle. The proof draws on a study of the degenerations of the Delaunay triangulation of dilation surfaces under the action of Teichmüller flow in the moduli space.

Keywords
dilation surface, closed geodesic, Delaunay triangulation
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 37E35
References
Publication
Received: 24 August 2023
Revised: 16 May 2024
Accepted: 6 July 2024
Published: 27 June 2025
Proposed: Benson Farb
Seconded: Mladen Bestvina, David Fisher
Authors
Adrien Boulanger
Institut Mathématique de Marseille, CNRS
Aix-Marseille Université
Marseille
France
Selim Ghazouani
Department of Mathematics
University College London
London
United Kingdom
Guillaume Tahar
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications
Beijing
China

Open Access made possible by participating institutions via Subscribe to Open.