The Fadell-Rabinowitz index and multiplicity of non-contractible closed geodesics on Finsler R P^n

DOI10.1016/J.JDE.2016.11.015zbMATH Open1362.53049arXiv1605.07292OpenAlexW2963700240MaRDI QIDQ729958FDOQ729958

Authors: Hui Liu 

Publication date: 22 December 2016

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

Abstract: In this paper, we prove that for every irreversible Finsler $n$-dimensional real projective space $(mathbbR{P}^n,F)$ with reversibility $lambda$ and flag curvature $K$ satisfying $frac169left(fraclambda1+lambdaight{)}^2<Kle1$ with $lambda<3$, there exist at least $n-1$ non-contractible closed geodesics. In addition, if the metric $F$ is bumpy with $frac6425left(fraclambda1+lambdaight{)}^2<Kle1$ and $lambda<frac53$, then there exist at least $2[fracn+12]$ non-contractible closed geodesics, which is the optimal lower bound due to Katok's example. The main ingredients of the proofs are the Fadell-Rabinowitz index theory of non-contractible closed geodesics on $(mathbbR{P}^n,F)$ and the $S^1$-equivariant Poincar$acutee$ series of the non-contractible component of the free loop space on $mathbbR{P}^n$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.07292

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zbMATH Keywords

multiplicityreal projective spaceFadell-Rabinowitz indexnon-contractible closed geodesicsPoincaré series

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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