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Hamiltonian systems of negative curvature are hyperbolic

Dynamical Systems 2007-05-23 v1 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

The {\it curvature} and the {\it reduced curvature} are basic differential invariants of the pair: (Hamiltonian system, Lagrange distribution) on the symplectic manifold. We show that negativity of the curvature implies that any bounded semi-trajectory of the Hamiltonian system tends to a hyperbolic equilibrium, while negativity of the reduced curvature implies the hyperbolicity of any compact invariant set of the Hamiltonian flow restricted to a prescribed energy level. Last statement generalizes a well-known property of the geodesic flows of Riemannian manifolds with negative sectional curvatures.

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@article{arxiv.math/0411224,
  title  = {Hamiltonian systems of negative curvature are hyperbolic},
  author = {Andrei A. Agrachev and Natalia N. Chtcherbakova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0411224},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages