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Non-contractible closed geodesics on compact Finsler space forms without self-intersections

Differential Geometry 2024-01-17 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let M=Sn/ΓM=S^n/ \Gamma and hπ1(M)h \in \pi_1(M) be a non-trivial element of finite order pp, where the integers n,p2n, p\geq2 and Γ\Gamma is a finite abelian group which acts on the sphere freely and isometrically, therefore MM is diffeomorphic to a compact space form which is typical a non-simply connected manifold. We prove there exist at least two non-contractible closed geodesics on RP2\mathbb{R}P^2 and obtain the upper bounds on their lengths. Moreover, we prove there exist at least nn prime non-contractible simple closed geodesics on (M,F)(M,F) of prescribed class [h][h], provided F2<(λ+1λ)2g0     and     (λλ+1)2<K1 for n is odd or   0<K1 for n is even, F^2 <(\frac{\lambda+1}{\lambda})^2 g_0 \;\; \text{ and } \;\; (\frac{\lambda}{\lambda+1})^2 < K \leq 1 \text{ for $n$ is odd or }\; 0<K \leq 1 \text{ for $n$ is even}, where λ\lambda is the reversibility, KK is the flag curvature and g0g_0 is standard Riemannian metric. Stability of these non-contractible closed geodesics is also studied.

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@article{arxiv.2401.00946,
  title  = {Non-contractible closed geodesics on compact Finsler space forms without self-intersections},
  author = {Yuchen Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.00946},
  year   = {2024}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2202.10004

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