@article{10_2140_agt_2001_1_349,
     author = {Neumann-Coto, Max},
     title = {A characterization of shortest geodesics on surfaces},
     journal = {Algebraic and Geometric Topology},
     pages = {349--368},
     year = {2001},
     volume = {1},
     number = {1},
     doi = {10.2140/agt.2001.1.349},
     url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/agt.2001.1.349/}
}