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On the existence of periodic orbits for magnetic systems on the two-sphere

Symplectic Geometry 2015-06-16 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We prove that there exist periodic orbits on almost all compact regular energy levels of a Hamiltonian function defined on a twisted cotangent bundle over the two-sphere. As a corollary, given any Riemannian two-sphere and a magnetic field on it, there exists a closed magnetic geodesic for almost all kinetic energy levels.

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@article{arxiv.1503.09035,
  title  = {On the existence of periodic orbits for magnetic systems on the two-sphere},
  author = {Gabriele Benedetti and Kai Zehmisch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.09035},
  year   = {2015}
}

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New title and abstract; same content; to appear in J. Mod. Dyn