Integrable geodesic flows with wild first integrals: The case of two-step nilmanifolds

Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 771-797

  Butler, Leo ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042414144     PISSN: 01433857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143385702001517     Document Type: Article

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