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A criterion in terms of differential invariants for a metric on a surface to be Liouville is established. Moreover, in this paper we completely solve in invariant terms the local mobility problem of a 2D metric, considered by Darboux: How…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Boris Kruglikov

A flow on a 3-manifold is left-handed if any two ergodic invariant measures have negative linking number. We prove that on a 2-sphere of revolution whose curvature is $1/4$-pinched the geodesic flow is left-handed. Conversely, for every…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-06-26 Pierre Dehornoy , Ana Rechtman

The existence of two geometrically distinct closed geodesics on an $n$-dimensional sphere $S^n$ with a non-reversible and bumpy Finsler metric was shown independently by Duan--Long [7] and the author [27]. We simplify the proof of this…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-28 Hans-Bert Rademacher

We show that the metric of nonpositively curved graph manifolds is determined by its geodesic flow. More precisely we show that if the geodesic flows of two nonpositively curved graph manifolds are $C^0$ conjugate then the spaces are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Christopher B. Croke

In this work we study the general system of geodesic equations for the case of a massive particle moving on an arbitrary curved manifold. The investigation is carried out from the symmetry perspective. By exploiting the parametrization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-05 N. Dimakis , Petros A. Terzis , T. Christodoulakis

For the one dimensional Burgers equation with a random and periodic forcing, it is well-known that there exists a family of invariant measures, each corresponding to a different average velocity. In this paper, we consider the coupled…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Alexander Dunlap , Yu Gu

In this paper, we consider projective deformation of the geodesic system of Finsler spaces by holonomy invariant functions: Starting by a Finsler spray $S$ and a holonomy invariant function $P$, we investigate the metrizability property of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-06 Salah G. Elgendi , Zoltan Muzsnay

We show how to define curvature as a measure using the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem on a family of singular surfaces obtained by gluing together smooth surfaces along boundary curves. We find an explicit formula for the curvature measure as a sum…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-07-02 Robert S Strichartz

We study the notion of stochastic stability with respect to diffusive perturbations for flows with smooth invariant measures. We investigate the question fully for non-singular flows on the circle. We also show that volume-preserving flows…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-12-02 Sergiu Aizicovici , Todd Young

In this article, we study the ergodicity of the geodesic flows on surfaces with no focal points. Let $M$ be a smooth connected and closed surface equipped with a $C^\infty$ Riemannian metric $g$, whose genus $\mathfrak{g} \geq 2$. Suppose…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-12-12 Weisheng Wu , Fei Liu , Fang Wang

The purpose of this paper is to study transport equations on the unit tangent bundle of closed oriented Riemannian surfaces and to connect these to the transport twistor space of the surface (a complex surface naturally tailored to the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-29 Jan Bohr , Thibault Lefeuvre , Gabriel P. Paternain

The geodesic flow on a finite discrete q-manifold with or without boundary is defined as as a permutation of its ordered q-simplices. This allows to define geodesic sheets and a notion of sectional curvature.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Oliver Knill

Let ({\Sigma}, g) be a compact $C^2$ finslerian 3-manifold. If the geodesic flow of g is completely integrable, and the singular set is a tamely-embedded polyhedron, then ${\pi}_1({\Sigma})$ is almost polycyclic. On the other hand, if…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-10-04 Leo T. Butler

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 formulate a uniqueness conjecture for curve shortening flow of proper curves on certain symmetric surfaces and give an example of a non-flat metric on the plane with respect to which curve shortening flow is not unique. That is, with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Luke Thomas Peachey

This paper proves the existence and uniqueness of a time-invariant measure for the 2D Navier-Stokes equations on the sphere under a random kick-force and a time-periodic deterministic force. Several examples of deterministic forces…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-21 Gregory Varner

We prove the upper semicontinuity of the measure theoretic entropy for the geodesic flow on complete Riemannian manifolds without focal points and bounded sectional curvature. We then study the relationship between the escape of mass…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-04-26 Anibal Velozo

Cone spherical metrics are conformal metrics with constant curvature one and finitely many conical singularities on compact Riemann surfaces. A cone spherical metric is called irreducible if each developing map of the metric does not have…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-11 Lingguang Li , Jijian Song , Bin Xu

In this article we study (possibly degenerate) stochastic differential equations (SDE) with irregular (or discontiuous) coefficients, and prove that under certain conditions on the coefficients, there exists a unique almost everywhere…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-08-18 Xicheng Zhang

A Finsler space is said to be geodesically reversible if each oriented geodesic can be reparametrized as a geodesic with the reverse orientation. A reversible Finsler space is geodesically reversible, but the converse need not be true. In…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-01-02 Robert L. Bryant