Pseudo-Riemannian geodesic foliations by circles

被引:4
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作者
Mounoud, Pierre [1 ]
Suhr, Stefan [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bordeaux, IMB, UMR 5251, F-33400 Talence, France
[2] Univ Hamburg, Fachbereich Math, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
关键词
Closed Geodesic; Moving Frame; Fundamental Class; Timelike Geodesic; Tangent Curve;
D O I
10.1007/s00209-012-1066-0
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
We investigate under which assumptions an orientable pseudo-Riemannian geodesic foliations by circles is generated by an S (1)-action. We construct examples showing that, contrary to the Riemannian case, it is not always true. However, we prove that such an action always exists when the foliation does not contain lightlike leaves, i.e. a pseudo-Riemannian Wadsley's Theorem. As an application, we show that every Lorentzian surface all of whose spacelike/timelike geodesics are closed, is finitely covered by . It follows that every Lorentzian surface contains a nonclosed geodesic.
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页码:225 / 238
页数:14
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