An $\epsilon$-net of a closed hyperbolic surface $X$ is a finite set of points $p\_i$ such that the family of balls centered at $p\_i$ with radius $\epsilon$ is a cover of $X$, and the family of balls centered at $p\_i$ with radius $\epsilon/2$ are distinct pair by pair.


My question is that if there is a closed geodesic goes through all $B(p\_i,\epsilon)$ of some $\epsilon$-net, and if not, under which conditions of X and $\epsilon$-net we can find that geodesic?


Thank you so much!



Does there exist a closed geodesic go through a $\epsilon$-net of a hyperbolic surface?
Yes, such a closed geodesic always exists. See Theorem 1.1 of [this paper by Basmajian, Parlier, and Souto](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.08404.pdf) (which I found by searching under the term "density of closed geodesics on a hyperbolic surface").


Now, to be honest, what you want is simpler than what is proved in that paper. Namely, it is well known that the geodesic flow has a dense (non-closed) geodesic $\gamma : \mathbb{R} \to X$. Take a subsegment $\gamma | [-M,+M]$, close it off with a uniformly short segment --- namely one of length at most the diameter of $X$ --- and straighten. If $M$ is sufficiently large then the result of straightening is a closed geodesic $\gamma\_M$. Furthermore, for each $\epsilon>0$, if $M$ is sufficiently large then $\gamma\_M$ is $\epsilon$-dense meaning that it hits every $\epsilon$-ball in $X$.


