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arxiv: 1308.6518 · v1 · pith:RTRDOXQWnew · submitted 2013-08-29 · 🧮 math.DS

Tonelli Lagrangian systems on the 2-torus and topological entropy

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We study Tonelli Lagrangian systems on the 2-torus in energy levels above Ma\~n\'e's strict critical value and analyize the structure of global minimizers in the spirit of Morse, Hedlund and Bangert. In the case where the topological entropy of the Euler-Lagrange flow on the fixed energy level vanishes, we show that there are invariant tori for all rotation vectors indicating integrable-like behavior on a large scale. On the other hand, using a construction of Katok, we give examples of reversible Finsler geodesic flows with vanishing topological entropy, but having ergodic components of positive measure in the unit tangent bundle.

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