The existence of closed geodesics on a complete Riemannian manifold (Q581856)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4129564
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    The existence of closed geodesics on a complete Riemannian manifold
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4129564

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      The existence of closed geodesics on a complete Riemannian manifold (English)
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      Let f be a \(C^ 1\)-differentiable closed curve in a Riemannian manifold M. By means of the initial value problem of the heat equation, sufficient conditions for the existence of closed geodesics of M in the homotopy class of f are established.
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      heat equation
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      closed geodesics
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      homotopy class
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