Counterexamples in nonpositive curvature

Yves Coudène (1) , Barbara Schapira (2)

1 LM - Laboratoire de mathématiques de Brest
2 LAMFA - Laboratoire Amiénois de Mathématique Fondamentale et Appliquée

We give examples of rank one compact surfaces on which there exist recurrent geodesics that cannot be shadowed by periodic geodesics. We build rank one compact surfaces such that ergodic measures on the unit tangent bundle of the surface are not dense in the set of probability measures invariant by the geodesic flow. Finally, we give examples of complete rank one surfaces for which the non wandering set of the geodesic flow is connected, the periodic orbits are dense in that set, yet the geodesic flow is not transitive in restriction to its non wandering set.

Domaines: Systèmes dynamiques [math.DS]; Géométrie différentielle [math.DG]

Yves Coudène, Barbara Schapira. Counterexamples in nonpositive curvature. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A, 2011, ⟨10.3934/dcds.2011.30.1095⟩. ⟨hal-00477532⟩