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arxiv: 0709.1243 · v2 · submitted 2007-09-09 · 🧮 math.SG · math.DS

The existence of two closed geodesics on every Finsler 2-sphere

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In this paper, we prove that for every Finsler metric on the 2-dimensional sphere there exist at least two distinct prime closed geodesics. For the case of the two-sphere, this solves an open problem posed by D. V. Anosov in 1974.

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