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arxiv: 1804.06193 · v2 · pith:Y64ULZ7Lnew · submitted 2018-04-17 · 🧮 math.DG · math.DS

Closed geodesics on positively curved spheres S^n with Finsler metric induced by (mathbb{R}P^n,F)

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It's well known that the n-sphere $S^n$ is the universal double covering of the $n$-dimensional real projective space $\mathbb{R}P^n$ and then any Finsler metric on $\mathbb{R}P^n$ induces a Finsler metric of $S^n$. In this paper, we prove that for every Finsler $(S^n, F)$ for $n\geq3$ whose metric is induced by irreversible Finsler $(\mathbb{R}P^n,F)$ with reversibility $\lambda$ and flag curvature $K$ satisfying $(\frac{\lambda}{\lambda+1})^2<K\leq 1$, there exist at least $n-1$ prime closed geodesics on $(S^n, F)$. Furthermore, if there exist finitely many distinct closed geodesics on $(S^n, F)$, then there exist at least $2[\frac{n}{2}]-1$ of them are non-hyperbolic.

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