Integrable Geodesic Flows on Two-Dimensional Surfaces
Author | : A.V. Bolsinov |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : |
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From Moscow State University, Bolsinov (computer methods) and Fomenko (differential geometry) present a new approach to the qualitative analysis of the particular type of geodesic flow of Riemannian metrics on manifolds based on the theory of topological classification of integrable Hamiltonian systems. They begin by introducing the qualitative theory of integrable Hamiltonian systems, then discuss the class of integrable geodesic flows on two-dimensional surfaces from both the classical and contemporary perspectives. They classify the flows according to equivalence relations, such as isometry, the Liouville equivalence, the smooth and continuous trajectory equivalence, and the geodesic equivalence. They also explain the new technique that makes such classification possible. Many of their results have not been published before. The Russian original is Geometriia i topologiia integriruemykh geodezicheskikh potokov na poverkhnostiakhAnnotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR