On Finsler surfaces without conjugate points

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ BARBOSA GOMES ◽  
RAFAEL O. RUGGIERO
Keyword(s):  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
First Integrals ◽  
Conjugate Points ◽  
Finsler Metric

AbstractIf (M,F) is a C4 compact Finsler surface of genus at least two without conjugate points, we show that the first integrals of the geodesic flow are constant. Using this fact, we show that if (M,F) is also of Landsberg type then (M,F) is Riemannian. The connection between the absence of conjugate points and the Riemannian character of the Finsler metric has some remarkable consequences concerning rigidity.

Expansive geodesic flows on surfaces

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Paternain
Keyword(s):  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
Compact Surface ◽  
Conjugate Points ◽  
Riemannian Surface ◽  
Geodesic Flows ◽  
Flows On Surfaces

AbstractWe prove the following result: if M is a compact Riemannian surface whose geodesic flow is expansive, then M has no conjugate points. This result and the techniques of E. Ghys imply that all expansive geodesic flows of a compact surface are topologically equivalent.

scholarly journals Conformal geodesics on gravitational instantons

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
MACIEJ DUNAJSKI ◽  
PAUL TOD
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
Isometry Group ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
First Integrals ◽  
Complete Integrability ◽  
Conformal Killing ◽  
Gravitational Instantons ◽  
Geodesic Equations ◽  
Jacobi Equations

Abstract We study the integrability of the conformal geodesic flow (also known as the conformal circle flow) on the SO(3)–invariant gravitational instantons. On a hyper–Kähler four–manifold the conformal geodesic equations reduce to geodesic equations of a charged particle moving in a constant self–dual magnetic field. In the case of the anti–self–dual Taub NUT instanton we integrate these equations completely by separating the Hamilton–Jacobi equations, and finding a commuting set of first integrals. This gives the first example of an integrable conformal geodesic flow on a four–manifold which is not a symmetric space. In the case of the Eguchi–Hanson we find all conformal geodesics which lie on the three–dimensional orbits of the isometry group. In the non–hyper–Kähler case of the Fubini–Study metric on $\mathbb{CP}^2$ we use the first integrals arising from the conformal Killing–Yano tensors to recover the known complete integrability of conformal geodesics.

On the entropy of the geodesic flow in manifolds without conjugate points

1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Freire ◽  
R. Ma��
Keyword(s):  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
Conjugate Points

On a conjecture about expansive geodesic flows

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Oswaldo Ruggierot
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
Compact Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Conjugate Points ◽  
Geodesic Flows

AbstractWe show that near the geodesic flow of a compact Riemannian manifold with no conjugate points which is expansive, every expansive geodesic flow has no conjugate points. We also prove that in the above hypotheses the geodesic flow istopologically stable.

The accessibility property of expansive geodesic flows without conjugate points

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-244
Author(s):  
RAFAEL OSWALDO RUGGIERO
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
Conjugate Points ◽  
Stable Set ◽  
Geodesic Flows ◽  
Continuous Path ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Unstable Set ◽  
Unit Tangent Bundle ◽  
Continuous Curves

AbstractLet (M,g) be a compact, smooth Riemannian manifold without conjugate points whose geodesic flow is expansive. We show that the geodesic flow of (M,g) has the accessibility property, namely, given two pointsθ1,θ2in the unit tangent bundle, there exists a continuous path joiningθ1,θ2formed by the union of a finite number of continuous curves, each of which is contained either in a strong stable set or in a strong unstable set of the dynamics. Since expansive geodesic flows of compact surfaces have no conjugate points, the accessibility property holds for every two-dimensional expansive geodesic flow.

Weak stability of the geodesic flow and Preissmann's theorem

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1231-1251
Author(s):  
RAFAEL OSWALDO RUGGIERO
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Fundamental Group ◽  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
Abelian Subgroup ◽  
Conjugate Points ◽  
Weak Stability ◽  
Shadowing Property

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact, differentiable Riemannian manifold without conjugate points and bounded asymptote. We show that, if the geodesic flow of $(M,g)$ is either topologically stable, or satisfies the $\epsilon$-shadowing property for some appropriate $\epsilon > 0$, then every abelian subgroup of the fundamental group of $M$ is infinite cyclic. The proof is based on the existence of homoclinic geodesics in perturbations of $(M,g)$, whenever there is a subgroup of the fundamental group of $M$ isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}\times \mathbb{Z}$.

scholarly journals The geodesic flow on nilpotent Lie groups of steps two and three

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Gabriela P. Ovando
Keyword(s):  
Lie Groups ◽  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
Killing Vector ◽  
First Integrals ◽  
Nilpotent Lie Groups ◽  
Liouville Integrability ◽  
Tensor Fields ◽  
Killing Vector Fields ◽  
Low Dimensions

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>The goal of this paper is the study of the integrability of the geodesic flow on <inline-formula><tex-math id="M1">\begin{document}$ k $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>-step nilpotent Lie groups, k = 2, 3, when equipped with a left-invariant metric. Liouville integrability is proved in low dimensions. Moreover, it is shown that complete families of first integrals can be constructed with Killing vector fields and symmetric Killing 2-tensor fields. This holds for dimension <inline-formula><tex-math id="M2">\begin{document}$ m\leq 5 $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>. The situation in dimension six is similar in most cases. Several algebraic relations on the Lie algebra of first integrals are explicitly written. Also invariant first integrals are analyzed and several involution conditions are shown.</p>

scholarly journals Equicontinuous geodesic flows

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1951-1963
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN PRIES
Keyword(s):  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
Chaotic Behavior ◽  
Conjugate Points ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Riemannian Surface ◽  
Geodesic Flows ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Flows On Surfaces ◽  
Sufficient And Necessary Condition

AbstractThis article is about the interplay between topological dynamics and differential geometry. One could ask how much information about the geometry is carried in the dynamics of the geodesic flow. It was proved in Paternain [Expansive geodesic flows on surfaces. Ergod. Th. & Dynam. Sys.13 (1993), 153–165] that an expansive geodesic flow on a surface implies that there exist no conjugate points. Instead of considering concepts that relate to chaotic behavior (such as expansiveness), we focus on notions for describing the stability of orbits in dynamical systems, specifically, equicontinuity and distality. In this paper we give a new sufficient and necessary condition for a compact Riemannian surface to have all geodesics closed; this is the idea of a P-manifold: (M,g) is a P-manifold if and only if the geodesic flow SM×ℝ→SM is equicontinuous. We also prove a weaker theorem for flows on manifolds of dimension three. Finally, we discuss some properties of equicontinuous geodesic flows on non-compact surfaces and on higher-dimensional manifolds.

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