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The spaces of non-contractible closed curves in compact space forms

Geometric Topology 2017-12-19 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We calculate the rational equivariant cohomology of the spaces of non-contractible loops in compact space forms and show how to apply these calculations for proving the existence of closed geodesics.

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@article{arxiv.1604.05237,
  title  = {The spaces of non-contractible closed curves in compact space forms},
  author = {I. A. Taimanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05237},
  year   = {2017}
}

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16 pages