On fractional-linear integrals of geodesics on surfaces
Abstract
In this note we give a criterion for the existence of a fractional-linear integral for a geodesic flow on a Riemannian surface and explain that modulo Möbius transformations the moduli space of such local integrals (if nonempty) is either the two-dimensional projective plane or a finite number of points. We will also consider explicit examples and discuss a relation of such rational integrals to Killing vectors.
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- December 2024
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- arXiv:
- arXiv:2412.04907
- Bibcode:
- 2024arXiv241204907K
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Differential Geometry;
- Mathematical Physics
- E-Print:
- Several typos were corrected in this version