Constant-norm geodesics are shifted exponential solutions

Let M(n)\mathcal{M}(n) denote the vector space of n×nn\times n matrices equipped with the Hilbert--Schmidt norm, and consider geodesics on SL(n)\mathsf{SL}(n) with the Hilbert--Schmidt metric. A shifted exponential solution is a curve of the form

BetCBe^{tC}

for constant matrices BB and CC for which the curve lies in SL(n)\mathsf{SL}(n).

Constant-norm geodesic conjecture. Shifted exponential solutions of the form BetCBe^{tC} are the only geodesics with constant norm when viewed as curves in the vector space M(n)\mathcal{M}(n) with the Hilbert--Schmidt norm.

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Audrey Rosevear, Samuel Sottile and Willie WY Wong, “Geodesic motion on SL(n) with the Hilbert-Schmidt metric”, arXiv:2101.09266 (2021).

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