Methods of infinite dimensional Morse theory for geodesics on Finsler manifolds

DOI10.1016/j.na.2014.09.016zbMath1327.58016arXiv1212.2078OpenAlexW2963870998MaRDI QIDQ478300

Guang-Cun Lu

Publication date: 3 December 2014

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2078

zbMATH Keywords

critical groupsMorse theorygeodesicssplitting lemmaFinsler metricshifting theoremcritical point(orbit)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Local differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53B40)

Related Items (5)

Closed geodesics on reversible Finsler 2-spheres ⋮ The Morse index theorem in the case of two variable endpoints in conic Finsler manifolds ⋮ Floer homology in the cotangent bundle of a closed Finsler manifold and noncontractible periodic orbits ⋮ Methods of infinite dimensional Morse theory for geodesics on Finsler manifolds ⋮ Splitting lemmas for the Finsler energy functional on the space ofH¹-curves

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