Geodesic flows with positive topological entropy, twist maps and hyperbolicity

Abstract

We prove a perturbation lemma for the derivative of geodesic flows in high dimension. This implies that a $C^2$ generic riemannian metric has a nontrivial hyperbolic basic set in its geodesic flow.

Authors

Gonzalo Contreras

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