Closed geodesics on manifolds with infinite Abelian fundamental group (Q797162)

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    Closed geodesics on manifolds with infinite Abelian fundamental group
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3868163

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      Closed geodesics on manifolds with infinite Abelian fundamental group (English)
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      It is proved that the number of geometrically distinct closed geodesics on a compact Riemannian manifold with fundamental group \(\pi_ 1={\mathbb{Z}}\) grows at least like the prime numbers. In particular, there are infinitely many closed geodesics on such manifolds
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      closed geodesics
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      compact Riemannian manifold
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      fundamental group
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