The existence of two non-contractible closed geodesics on every bumpy Finsler compact space form (Q1661141)

Let \(\Gamma\) be a finite group which acts freely and isometrically on the \(n\)-sphere, \(n\geq2\) and \(M=S^n/\Gamma\) (which is diffeomorphic to a compact space form). Let \(h\) be a nontrivial element of finite order \(p\) in \(\pi_1(M)\). The authors determine the resonance identity for noncontractible homologically visible minimal closed geodesics of the class \([h]\) on every Finsler compact space form \((M, F)\) when there exist only finitely many distinct non-contractible closed geodesics of the class \([h]\) on \((M, F)\). As an application, they prove the existence of at least two distinct non-contractible closed geodesics of the class \([h]\) on \((M, F)\) with a bumpy Finsler metric.