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Geodesic flows modeled by expansive flows

Dynamical Systems 2017-07-20 v2

Abstract

Given a smooth compact surface without focal points and of higher genus, it is shown that its geodesic flow is semi-conjugate to a continuous expansive flow with a local product structure such that the semi-conjugation preserves time-parametrization. It is concluded that the geodesic flow has a unique measure of maximal entropy.

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@article{arxiv.1703.07455,
  title  = {Geodesic flows modeled by expansive flows},
  author = {Katrin Gelfert and Rafael O. Ruggiero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.07455},
  year   = {2017}
}

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to appear in: Proceedings of Edinburgh Mathematical Society

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