The existence of two non-contractible closed geodesics on every bumpy Finsler compact space form

DOI10.3934/DCDS.2018165zbMATH Open1423.53053arXiv1708.00857OpenAlexW2963808830WikidataQ129699558 ScholiaQ129699558MaRDI QIDQ1661141FDOQ1661141

Authors: Hui Liu, Yiming Long, Yu Ming Xiao 

Publication date: 16 August 2018

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $M=S^n/Gamma$ and $h$ be a nontrivial element of finite order $p$ in $p{i}_1(M)$, where the integer $ngeq2$, $Gamma$ is a finite group which acts freely and isometrically on the $n$-sphere and therefore $M$ is diffeomorphic to a compact space form. In this paper, we establish first the resonance identity for non-contractible homologically visible minimal closed geodesics of the class $[h]$ on every Finsler compact space form $(M,F)$ when there exist only finitely many distinct non-contractible closed geodesics of the class $[h]$ on $(M,F)$. Then as an application of this resonance identity, we prove the existence of at least two distinct non-contractible closed geodesics of the class $[h]$ on $(M,F)$ with a bumpy Finsler metric, which improves a result of Taimanov in [Taimanov 2016] by removing some additional conditions. Also our results extend the resonance identity and multiplicity results on $mathcalR{P}^n$ in [arXiv:1607.02746] to general compact space forms.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.00857

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zbMATH Keywords

resonance identityindex iteration theoryMorse theorynon-contractible closed geodesicscompact space formssystems of irrational numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

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