Geodesic behavior for Finsler metrics of constant positive flag curvature on S^2

DOI10.4310/JDG/1609902015zbMATH Open1486.53086arXiv1710.03736OpenAlexW2763221803WikidataQ115164574 ScholiaQ115164574MaRDI QIDQ2218653FDOQ2218653

Authors: P. Foulon, S. V. Ivanov, Wolfgang Ziller, Robert L. Bryant, Vladimir S. Matveev 

Publication date: 15 January 2021

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study non-reversible Finsler metrics with constant flag curvature 1 on S^2 and show that the geodesic flow of every such metric is conjugate to that of one of Katok's examples, which form a 1-parameter family. In particular, the length of the shortest closed geodesic is a complete invariant of the geodesic flow. We also show, in any dimension, that the geodesic flow of a Finsler metrics with constant positive flag curvature is completely integrable. Finally, we give an example of a Finsler metric on~$S^2$ with positive flag curvature such that no two closed geodesics intersect and show that this is not possible when the metric is reversible or have constant flag curvature

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.03736

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zbMATH Keywords

Finsler metricgeodesic flowflag curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60) Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25)

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