Open problems and questions about geodesics

DOI10.1017/ETDS.2019.73zbMATH Open1486.53003arXiv1308.5417OpenAlexW1509607846WikidataQ114119488 ScholiaQ114119488MaRDI QIDQ5019554FDOQ5019554

Keith Burns, Vladimir S. Matveev

Publication date: 10 January 2022

Published in: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The paper surveys open problems and questions related to geodesics defined by Riemannian, Finsler, semi Riemannian and magnetic structures on manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.5417

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zbMATH Keywords

entropyclosed geodesicgeodesicsprojectively equivalent metricsintegrable geodesic flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry (53-02) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to global analysis (58-02)

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