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In this paper, we show a local energy convexity of $W^{1,2}$ maps into $CAT(K)$ spaces. This energy convexity allows us to extend Colding and Minicozzi's width-sweepout construction to produce closed geodesics in any closed Alexandrov space…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-18 Longzhi Lin

We prove that if a geodesic flow on a closed orientable $C^\infty$ surface is transitive and has positive topological entropy, then it has a unique measure of maximal entropy. This covers all previous results of the literature on the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Yuri Lima , Davi Obata , Mauricio Poletti

We prove that every homogeneous flow on a finite-volume homogeneous manifold has countably many independent invariant distributions unless it is conjugate to a linear flow on a torus. We also prove that the same conclusion holds for every…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-07-23 Livio Flaminio , Giovanni Forni , Federico Rodriguez Hertz

We prove topological transitivity for the Weil Petersson geodesic flow for two-dimensional moduli spaces of hyperbolic structures. Our proof follows a new approach that exploits the density of singular unit tangent vectors, the geometry of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-10-05 Mark Pollicott , Howard Weiss , Scott A. Wolpert

We find a canonical decomposition of a geodesic current on a surface of finite type arising from a topological decomposition of the surface along special geodesics. We show that each component either is associated to a measured lamination…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-10-20 Marc Burger , Alessandra Iozzi , Anne Parreau , Maria Beatrice Pozzetti

In this paper, we prove first that the iterates of a mean nonexpansive map defined on a weakly compact, convex set converge weakly to a fixed point in the presence of Opial's property and asymptotic regularity at a point. Next, we prove the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-30 Torrey M. Gallagher

The geodesic structure is very closely related to the trace of the Laplace operator, involved in the calculation of the expectation value of the energy momentum tensor in Universes with non trivial topology. The purpose of this work is to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 Daniel Muller

In this paper we prove that if the geodesic flow of a {compact or non-compact} complete manifold without conjugate points is of the Anosov type, then the average of the integral of the sectional curvature along the geodesic is negative and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-04-17 Ítalo Melo , Sergio Romaña

We show that on any compact Riemann surface with variable negative curvature there exists a measure which is invariant and ergodic under the geodesic flow and whose projection to the base manifold is 2-dimensional and singular with respect…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Risto Hovila , Esa Järvenpää , Maarit Järvenpää , François Ledrappier

We extend the DeTurck trick from the classical isotropic curve shortening flow to the anisotropic setting. Here the anisotropic energy density is allowed to depend on space, which allows an interpretation in the context of Finsler metrics,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-13 Klaus Deckelnick , Robert Nürnberg

In this paper we study the equilibrium measures of geodesic flows of closed manifolds without conjugate points which have a visibility universal covering. Specifically, the uniqueness problem for Bowen potentials which are constants on some…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Edhin Mamani

Let $M=X/\Gamma$ be a geometrically finite negatively curved manifold with fundamental group $\Gamma$ acting on $X$ by isometries. The purpose of this paper is to study the mixing property of the geodesic flow on $T^1M$, the asymptotic…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-07-20 Pierre Vidotto

In this article, we consider a compact symmetric space $M$ of higher rank. Let $P(t)$ be the set of free-homotopy classes containing a closed geodesic on $M$ with length at most $t$, and $\# P(t)$ its cardinality. We obtain the following…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Weisheng Wu

In this paper we describe the topological behavior of the geodesic flow for a class of closed 3-manifolds realized as quotients of nonstrictly convex Hilbert geometries, constructed and described explicitly by Benoist. These manifolds are…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-10-20 Harrison Bray

We prove that closed negatively curved locally symmetric spaces are characterized up to isometry among all homotopy equivalent negatively curved manifolds by the Lyapunov spectra of the periodic orbits of their geodesic flows. This is done…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Clark Butler

The widespread adoption of renewable energy poses a challenge in maintaining a feasible operating point in highly variable scenarios. This paper demonstrates that, within a feasible region of a power system that meets practical stability…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Qirui Zheng , Dan Wu , Franz-Erich Wolter , Sijia Geng

We establish a weak compactness theorem for the moduli space of closed Ricci flows with uniformly bounded entropy, each equipped with a natural spacetime distance, under pointed Gromov-Hausdorff convergence. Furthermore, we develop a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Hanbing Fang , Yu Li

We study Weil-Petersson (WP) geodesics with narrow end invariant and develop techniques to control length-functions and twist parameters along them and prescribe their itinerary in the moduli space of Riemann surfaces. This class of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Babak Modami

We give explicit solutions to the two-component Hunter-Saxton system on the unit circle. Moreover, we show how global weak solutions can be naturally constructed using the geometric interpretation of this system as a re-expression of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-01-31 Marcus Wunsch

We consider a transversally conformal foliation $\mathcal{F}$ of a closed manifold $M$ endowed with a smooth Riemannian metric whose restriction to each leaf is negatively curved. We prove that it satisfies the following dichotomy. Either…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-04-12 Sébastien Alvarez , Jiagang Yang