Homologically visible closed geodesics on complete surfaces

DOI10.1142/S1793525321500692MaRDI QIDQ6341151zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Simon Allais, Tobias Soethe

Publication date 21 May 2020

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793525321500692

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

Abstract: In this article, we give multiple situations when having one or two geometrically distinct closed geodesics on a complete Riemannian cylinder $Msimeq{S}^{1}imesmathbbR$ or a complete Riemannian plane $Msimeqmathbb{R}^2$ leads to having infinitely many geometrically distinct closed geodesics. In particular, we prove that any complete cylinder with isolated closed geodesics has zero, one or infinitely many homologically visible closed geodesics; this answers a question of Alberto Abbondandolo.

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