scholarly journals Non singular Hamiltonian systems and geodesic flows on surfaces with negative curvature

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 267-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Lacomba ◽  
J. G. Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Hamiltonian Systems ◽  
Negative Curvature ◽  
Geodesic Flows ◽  
Singular Hamiltonian Systems ◽  
Flows On Surfaces

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 Non-Smooth Geodesic Flows and Classical Mechanics

1969 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Hamiltonian Systems ◽  
Configuration Space ◽  
Smooth Function ◽  
Cotangent Bundle ◽  
Classical Mechanics ◽  
Riemannian Metric ◽  
Geodesic Flows ◽  
Image Position

As is well known, there is an intimate connection between geodesic flows and Hamiltonian systems. In fact, if g is a Riemannian, or pseudo-Riemannian metric on a manifold M (we think of M as q-space or the configuration space), we may define a smooth function Tg on the cotangent bundle T*M (q-p-space, or the phase space). This function is the kinetic energy of q, and locally is given by

Invariant tensor fields of dynamical systems with pinched Lyapunov exponents and rigidity of geodesic flows

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Feres ◽  
Anatoly Katok
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Lyapunov Exponents ◽  
Riemannian Manifolds ◽  
Negative Curvature ◽  
Geodesic Flows ◽  
Tensor Fields ◽  
Invariant Tensor ◽  
Affine Connections

AbstractWe consider in this note smooth dynamical systems equipped with smooth invariant affine connections and show that, under a pinching condition on the Lyapunov exponents, certain invariant tensor fields are parallel. We then apply this result to a problem of rigidity of geodesic flows for Riemannian manifolds with negative curvature.

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