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No Periodic normal Geodesics in $J^k(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R}^n)$

Dynamical Systems 2022-05-16 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

The space of kk-jets of nn real function of one real variable xx admits the structure of a Carnot group, which then has an associated Hamiltonian geodesic flow. As in any Hamiltonian flow, a natural question is the existence of periodic solutions. Does the space of kk-jets have periodic geodesics? This study will demonstrate the integrability of subRiemannian geodesic flow, characterize and classify the subRiemannian geodesics in the space of kk-jets, and show that they are never periodic.

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@article{arxiv.2205.06156,
  title  = {No Periodic normal Geodesics in $J^k(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R}^n)$},
  author = {Alejandro Bravo-Doddoli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.06156},
  year   = {2022}
}
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