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Given a hyperbolic surface S with geodesic boundary. Let a and b be two distinct simple closed geodesic boundaries. Does there exist a unique distance realizing geodesic in S? (1) for S is a pair of pants. (2) S is any hyperbolic surface with boundary.

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If you want to refine your question, you should edit the first one. There is an "edit" link below the tags. – S. Carnahan♦ May 2 2012 at 7:16

closed as exact duplicate by S. Carnahan♦ May 2 2012 at 7:15

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For the pants, yes. In general, no. To prove this for the pants, classify all geodesic arcs and just observe the result. There are many ways to find a "no" example in the general case; the first one that came to my mind was taking a double cover.

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well, I have got an example of hyperbolic surface with boundary where more than one (at least two) distance realizing geodesics between two distinct geodesic boundaries will exist. I have a further question: Suppose p and q are two distance realizing geodesics between the boundary geodesics. Is it true that p and q are always disjoint? – Bidyut Sanki May 2 2012 at 8:26

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