%0 Journal Article %A Neumann-Coto, Max %T A characterization of shortest geodesics on surfaces %J Algebraic and Geometric Topology %D 2001 %P 349-368 %V 1 %N 1 %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/agt.2001.1.349/ %R 10.2140/agt.2001.1.349 %F 10_2140_agt_2001_1_349