2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/64735We give in this paper bounds for the Morse indices of a large class of simple geodesics on a surface with a generic metric. To our knowledge these bounds are the first that use only the generic hypothesis on the metric.Differential GeometryGeometric TopologyGeodesic laminations with closed ends on surfaces and Morse index; Kupka-Smale metricstext