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The Length Spectrum of the Sub-Riemannian Three-Sphere

Differential Geometry 2018-06-06 v2

Abstract

We determine the lengths of all closed sub-Riemannian geodesics on the three-sphere. Our methods are elementary and allow us to avoid using explicit formulas for the sub-Riemannian geodesics.

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@article{arxiv.1507.03041,
  title  = {The Length Spectrum of the Sub-Riemannian Three-Sphere},
  author = {David Klapheck and Michael VanValkenburgh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.03041},
  year   = {2018}
}

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17 pages, 10 figures