On the multiplicity of isometry-invariant geodesics on product manifolds

DOI10.2140/AGT.2014.14.135MaRDI QIDQ384648zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marco Mazzucchelli

Publication date 28 November 2013

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.7404, http://www.msp.warwick.ac.uk/agt/2014/14-01/agt-2014-14-006p.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

closed geodesicsisometry-invariant geodesicsMorse theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

Abstract: We prove that on any closed Riemannian manifold $(M_{1}imes{M}_2,g)$, with $ankHo{m}_1(M_1)eq0$ and $dim(M_2)geq2$, every isometry homotopic to the identity admits infinitely many isometry-invariant geodesics.

Review text

The paper deals with an important topic in Riemannian geometry, the multiplicity of isometry-invariant geodesics. Namely the author studies the isometry-invariant geodesics on a closed product manifold \((M_1\times M_2,g)\) with \(\dim(M_2)\geq 2\). The main result states that, in this situation, every isometry homotopic to the identity admits infinitely many invariant-geodesics, if \(\mathrm{rank} H_1(M_1)\neq 0\). The results used by the author are Morse theory on path spaces and Bangert-Klingenberg lemmas carefully adapted to the specific situation in the paper.

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