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Rational ergodicity of geodesic flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Jon Aaronson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;
Dennis Sullivan
Affiliation:
IHES, 35 Route de Chartres, 91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France
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Abstract

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We prove the rational egodicity of geodesic flows on divergence type surfaces of constant negative curvature, and identify their asymptotic types.

Type
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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