Invariant-measure periodic-orbit conjecture for geodesic flows

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Let (M,g)(M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold, let μ\mu be an invariant probability measure for its geodesic flow, and let HMH\subset M be a smooth hypersurface. Write SHS^*H for the unit cotangent bundle over HH, and, for a periodic geodesic γ\gamma, let δγ\delta_\gamma denote its normalized periodic-orbit measure.

Invariant-measure periodic-orbit conjecture. If μ(SH)>0\mu(S^*H)>0, then μSH\mu|_{S^*H} is supported on a union of periodic geodesics γ\gamma such that γSH\gamma\cap S^*H has positive arc-length measure and

μSHγδγ.\mu|_{S^*H\cap\gamma}\ll\delta_\gamma.

The conjecture concerns the dynamical structure of invariant measures charging the unit cotangent bundle over a hypersurface. In dimension two, it would imply that positive mass on SHS^*H forces HH to have positive-measure intersection with a periodic geodesic; the source presents it as an open question.

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Primary source

Jeffrey Galkowski and Steve Zelditch, “Lower bounds for Cauchy data on curves in a negatively curved surface”, arXiv:2002.09456 (2020).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2014–2020). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1403.2058.

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