Cartan projective connection and geodesic simulation (Q1896715)

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    Cartan projective connection and geodesic simulation (English)
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    6 November 1995
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    The paper contains a proof of the following Theorem: In the ``event space'' \(N \times \mathbb{R}\) of a quasi-geodesic flow \((N,D)\) there exists a (non-unique) generalized projective connection whose geodesic lines are integral curves of the quasi-geodesic flow \(D\). This result is a solution of É. Cartan's problem [see Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 52, 205-241 (1924 JFM 50.0500.02)].
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    Cartan projective connection
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    geodesic simulation
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    quasi-geodesic flow
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