Stability of the geodesic flow for the energy
Boeckx, Eric ; González-Dávila, José Carmelo ; Vanhecke, Lieven
Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 43 (2002), p. 201-213 / Harvested from Czech Digital Mathematics Library
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We study the stability of the geodesic flow $\xi$ as a critical point for the energy functional when the base space is a compact orientable quotient of a two-point homogeneous space.

Publié le : 2002-01-01
Classification:  53C20,  53C22,  53C30,  58E20 
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Boeckx, Eric; González-Dávila, José Carmelo; Vanhecke, Lieven. Stability of the geodesic flow for the energy. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 43 (2002) pp. 201-213. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/119314/

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