Fractional-linear integrals of geodesic flows on surfaces and Nakai’s geodesic 4-webs

We prove that if the geodesic flow on a surface has an integral which is fractional-linear in momenta, then the dimension of the space of such integrals is either 3 or 5, the latter case corresponding to constant gaussian curvature. We give also a geometric criterion for the existence of fractional-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Agafonov, Sergey I. [UNESP], Alves, Thaís G.P. [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/307779
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/advgeom-2024-0008
https://hdl.handle.net/11449/307779
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:fractional-linear integral
geodesic 4-web
geodesic flow
Surface
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Sumario:We prove that if the geodesic flow on a surface has an integral which is fractional-linear in momenta, then the dimension of the space of such integrals is either 3 or 5, the latter case corresponding to constant gaussian curvature. We give also a geometric criterion for the existence of fractional-linear integrals: such an integral exists if and only if the surface carries a geodesic 4-web with constant cross-ratio of the four directions tangent to the web leaves.