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Geodesic flow on the two-sphere, Part I: Positive measure entropy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Victor J. Donnay
Victor J. Donnay
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Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Abstract

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A C∞ metric is constructed on S2 whose geodesic flow has positive measure entropy.

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Research Article
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 531 - 553
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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