Spectral flow and iteration of closed semi-Riemannian geodesics
Differential Geometry
2007-11-06 v2
Abstract
We introduce the notion of spectral flow along a periodic semi-Riemannian geodesic, as a suitable substitute of the Morse index in the Riemannian case. We study the growth of the spectral flow along a closed geodesic under iteration, determining its asymptotic behavior.
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@article{arxiv.0711.0635,
title = {Spectral flow and iteration of closed semi-Riemannian geodesics},
author = {Miguel Angel Javaloyes and Paolo Piccione},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.0635},
year = {2007}
}
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