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quasigeodesic

quasigeodesic 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.

Adjective

quasigeodesic (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    • 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 of quasigeodesic

From quasi- + geodesic.

Questions about quasigeodesic

What does quasigeodesic mean?
Quasigeodesic means 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.
What part of speech is quasigeodesic?
Quasigeodesic is an adjective.

Words near quasigeodesic in the dictionary

  1. quasifields
  2. quasifission
  3. quasifixation
  4. quasifixations
  5. quasifree
  6. quasigeodesic
  7. quasigeostrophic
  8. quasigluon
  9. quasigluons
  10. quasigovernment
  11. quasigovernmental

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