The three gap theorem and Riemannian geometry

DOI10.1007/S10711-008-9283-8zbMATH Open1153.53025arXiv0803.1250OpenAlexW2067079951MaRDI QIDQ960053FDOQ960053

Authors: Ian Biringer, Benjamin Schmidt 

Publication date: 16 December 2008

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The classical Three Gap Theorem asserts that for a natural number n and a real number p, there are at most three distinct distances between consecutive elements in the subset of [0,1) consisting of the reductions modulo 1 of the first n multiples of p. Regarding it as a statement about rotations of the circle, we find results in a similar spirit pertaining to isometries of compact Riemannian manifolds and the distribution of points along their geodesics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1250

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldgeodesic flowthree gap theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems involving maps of the circle (37E10) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Low-dimensional dynamical systems (37E99)

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