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Entropies of compact strictly convex projective manifolds

Dynamical Systems 2009-04-17 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Let M be a compact manifold of dimension n with a strictly convex projective structure. We consider the geodesic flow of the Hilbert metric on it, which is known to be Anosov. We prove that its topological entropy is less than n-1, with equality if and only if the structure is Riemannian, that is hyperbolic. As a corollary, we get that the volume entropy of a divisible strictly convex set is less than n-1, with equality if and only if it is an ellipsoid.

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@article{arxiv.0904.2489,
  title  = {Entropies of compact strictly convex projective manifolds},
  author = {Mickaël Crampon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2489},
  year   = {2009}
}

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27 pages