Three-dimensional manifolds all of whose geodesics are closed

DOI10.1007/S10455-009-9180-XzbMATH Open1188.53039arXiv0905.3760OpenAlexW1991822465WikidataQ125553612 ScholiaQ125553612MaRDI QIDQ849346FDOQ849346

Authors: John Olsen 

Publication date: 25 February 2010

Published in: Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present some results concerning the Morse Theory of the energy function on the free loop space of the three sphere for metrics all of whose geodesics are closed. We also explain how these results relate to the Berger Conjecture in dimension three.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.3760

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zbMATH Keywords

Morse theorythree sphereBerger conjecturemanifolds all of whose geodesics are closed

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)

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