Effective bounds in E. Hopf rigidity for billiards and geodesic flows (Q2339707)

There are many cases and approaches where the Hopf rigidity phenomenon is established. It is a challenging question, whether it is possible to give a quantitative version for the \textit{D. Burago} and \textit{S. Ivanov} proof [Geom. Funct. Anal. 4, No. 3, 259--269 (1994; Zbl 0808.53038)] of the Hopf conjecture. In the paper under review, the author estimates from above the measure of the set \({\mathcal M}\) swept by minimal orbits. The author considers the following two cases: 1. convex billiards in the plane, sphere, or hyperbolic plane;\newline 2. conformally flat Riemannian metrics on a torus. These estimates are sharp. An interesting example is given.