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An optimal systolic inequality for CAT(0) metrics in genus two

  • Université de Tours

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Abstract

We prove an optimal systolic inequality for CAT(0) metrics on a genus 2 surface. We use a Voronoi cell technique, introduced by C. Bavard in the hyperbolic context. The equality is saturated by a flat singular metric in the conformal class defined by the smooth completion of the curve y2 = x5 - x. Thus, among all CAT(0) metrics, the one with the best systolic ratio is composed of six flat regular octagons centered at the Weierstrass points of the Bolza surface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)95-107
Number of pages13
JournalPacific Journal of Mathematics
Volume227
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2006

Keywords

  • Bolza surface
  • CAT(0) space
  • Hyperelliptic surface
  • Systole
  • Voronoi cell
  • Weierstrass point

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