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Density of expansivity for geodesic flows of compact higher genus surfaces without conjugate points

Dynamical Systems 2024-09-25 v1

Abstract

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a compact connected CC^{\infty} surface without conjugate points of genus greater than one. We show that set of geodesics without strips forms a dense set of orbits in the unit tangent bundle. This fact was known assuming no focal points as a consequence of a result of Coud\`ene and Shapira. They showed that flat strips are periodic and hence form a set of zero measure in the unit tangent bundle.

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@article{arxiv.2409.15768,
  title  = {Density of expansivity for geodesic flows of compact higher genus surfaces without conjugate points},
  author = {Edhin F. Mamani and Rafael Ruggiero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.15768},
  year   = {2024}
}

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21 pages