Projectively equivalent metrics, exact transverse line fields and the geodesic flow on the ellipsoid

Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 306-321

  Tabachnikov, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact transverse line fields; Geodesic flow; Riemannian and Finsler metrics; Symplectic and contact structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000028606     PISSN: 00102571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000140050091     Document Type: Article

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