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Suppose that $(M,g)$ is a compact connected smooth Riemannian manifold without boundary. Let $U \subset M$ be a smooth submanifold of codimension zero with smooth boundary and assume that $U$ is ...

I know that I can decompose an hyperbolic closed surface of genus $g>1$ into $2(g−1)$ pants bounded by $3$ geodesics. It seems reasonable to think the same can be done for a closed surface of genus ...