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The first author was supported by Grant PB96-0032 from CICYT, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain, and a grant from the HCM programme of the European Union. The second author was supported by a grant from Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain, and Grant PB96-0032.

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Fernández, J.L., Melián, M.V. Escaping geodesics of Riemannian surfaces. Acta Math. 187, 213–236 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02392617

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