Homogeneous Finsler spaces with only one orbit of prime closed geodesics

DOI10.1007/S11425-018-9454-YzbMATH Open1466.53084arXiv1808.06724OpenAlexW2963188127WikidataQ127537798 ScholiaQ127537798MaRDI QIDQ829090FDOQ829090

Authors: Ming Xu 

Publication date: 5 May 2021

Published in: Science China. Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: When a closed Finsler manifold admits continuous isometric actions, estimating the number of orbits of prime closed geodesics seems a more reasonable substitution for estimating the number of prime closed geodesics. To generalize the works of H. Duan, Y. Long, H.B. Rademacher, W. Wang and others on the existence of two prime closed geodesics to the equivariant situation, we purpose the question if a closed Finsler manifold has only one orbit of prime closed geodesic if and only if it is a compact rank-one Riemannian symmetric space. In this paper, we study this problem in homogeneous Finsler geometry, and get a positive answer when the dimension is even or the metric is reversible. We guess the rank inequality and algebraic techniques in this paper may continue to play an important role for discussing our question in the non-homogeneous situation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.06724

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zbMATH Keywords

compact rank-one symmetric spaceclosed geodesicKilling vector fieldhomogeneous Finsler spaceconnected isometry group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60)

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