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Geodesics on Margulis spacetimes

Dynamical Systems 2012-11-20 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Let M be a Margulis spacetime whose associated complete hyperbolic surface S has compact convex core. Generalizing the correspondence between closed geodesics on M and closed geodesics on S, we establish an orbit equivalence between recurrent spacelike geodesics on M and recurrent geodesics on S. In contrast, no timelike geodesic recurs in either forward or backwards time.

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@article{arxiv.1102.0431,
  title  = {Geodesics on Margulis spacetimes},
  author = {William M. Goldman and Francois Labourie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0431},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

12 pages, no figures, to appear in the issue of "Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems" dedicated to the memory of Daniel Rudolph

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