Closed geodesics on compact nilmanifolds with Chevalley rational structure

DOI10.1007/S00229-008-0206-7MaRDI QIDQ1003133zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rachelle C. Decoste

Publication date 26 February 2009

Published in Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0703930

zbMATH Keywords

2-step nilmanifold2-step nilpotent Lie groupChevalley rational structureclosed geodesicDCG property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22)

Abstract: We continue the study of the distribution of closed geodesics on nilmanifolds constructed from a simply connected 2-step nilpotent Lie group with a left invariant metric and a lattice. We consider a Lie group with an associated 2-step nilpotent Lie algebra constructed from an irreducible representation of a compact semisimple Lie algebra on a real finite dimensional vector space. We determine sufficient conditions on the semisimple Lie algebra for the nilmanifold to have the density of closed geodesics property for a lattice arising from a Chevalley rational structure.

Review text

A compact Riemannian manifold \(M\) is said to satisfy the DCG property if the vectors tangent to unit speed closed geodesics are dense in the unit tangent bundle of \(M\). This is a central notion in the study of the distribution of closed geodesics on compact 2-step nilmanifolds, which commenced with \textit{P. Eberlein} [Ann. Sci. Ec. Norm. Super. (4) 27, No. 5, 611--660 (1994; Zbl 0820.53047)], \textit{M. Mast} [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 43, No. 3, 885--911 (1994; Zbl 0818.53065)] and \textit{K. Lee, K. Park} [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 45, No. 1, 1--14 (1996; Zbl 0862.53037)]. Recently, \textit{L. DeMeyer} [Manuscr. Math. 105, No. 3, 283--310 (2001; Zbl 1076.53049)] proved that, for manifolds \(M=\Gamma \backslash N\) constructed from a simply connected 2-step nilpotent Lie group \(N\) with a lattice \(\Gamma\), under certain restrictions on the group \(N\), the DCG property holds in \(M\). In this paper the author establishes new criteria to establish the DCG property on nilmanifolds \(\Gamma \backslash N\) constructed from a 2-step nilpotent group \(N\) and a lattice \(\Gamma\). The method of proof depends on showing the density of curves passing through lattice points, and is a valuable step forward in the study of the distribution of closed geodesics.

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