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arxiv: 0911.3521 · v2 · pith:4BMIAJDWnew · submitted 2009-11-18 · 🧮 math.DG · math-ph· math.MP

Pseudo-Riemannian metrics on closed surfaces whose geodesic flows admit nontrivial integrals quadratic in momenta

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We describe all pseudo-Riemannian metrics on closed surfaces whose geodesic flows admit nontrivial integrals quadratic in momenta. As an application, we solve the Beltrami problem on closed surfaces and prove the nonexistence of quadratically-superintegrable metrics of nonconstant curvature on closed surfaces

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