Closed geodesics on surfaces without conjugate points
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We obtain Margulis-type asymptotic estimates for the number of free homotopy classes closed geodesics on certain manifolds without conjugate points. Our results cover all compact surfaces genus at least 2
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Communications in Contemporary Mathematics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0219-1997', '1793-6683']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/s021919972150067x