Tameness conjecture for the rolling-surface G2/P2G_2/P_2-geometry

Let SS and SS' be Riemannian surfaces whose Gauss curvatures differ at every pair of points, and let MM be the space of linear isometries between tangent planes of SS and SS'. The nondegenerate 22-plane field on MM carries a G2/P2G_2/P_2-geometry. Let LL and LL' denote the common lengths of the closed geodesics on SS and SS', respectively, when those common lengths exist. Rolling-surface tameness conjecture. The G2/P2G_2/P_2-geometry on MM is tame if and only if both surfaces are Zoll surfaces, meaning that all their geodesics are closed and embedded curves, and LL is a rational multiple of LL'. The conjecture proposes a precise relation between tameness and the global geodesic dynamics of the two surfaces; the supplied text gives no resolution.

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Benjamin McKay, “Morphisms of Cartan connections”, arXiv:0802.1473 (2010).

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