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Counting closed geodesics in a compact rank one locally CAT(0) space

Dynamical Systems 2019-03-20 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Let XX be a compact, geodesically complete, locally CAT(0) space such that the universal cover admits a rank one axis. Assume XX is not homothetic to a metric graph with integer edge lengths. Let PtP_t be the number of parallel classes of oriented closed geodesics of length t\le t; then limtPt/ehtht=1\lim\limits_{t \to \infty} P_t / \frac{e^{ht}}{ht} = 1, where hh is the entropy of the geodesic flow on the space SXSX of parametrized unit-speed geodesics in XX.

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@article{arxiv.1903.07635,
  title  = {Counting closed geodesics in a compact rank one locally CAT(0) space},
  author = {Russell Ricks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.07635},
  year   = {2019}
}

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