Differentiability and analyticity of topological entropy for Anosov and geodesic flows

Summary In this paper we investigate the regularity of the topological entropyh _top forC ^k perturbations of Anosov flows. We show that the topological entropy varies (almost) as smoothly as the perturbation. The results in this paper, along with several related results, have been announced in [KKPW].Partially supported by NSF Grant DMS85-14630     

Geometric Anosov flows of dimension 5

We show that for a smooth Anosov flow on a closed five dimensional manifold, if it has C^∞ Anosov splitting and preserves a C^∞ pseudo-Riemannian metric, then up to a special time change and finite covers, it is C^∞ flow equivalent either to the suspension of a symplectic hyperbolic automorphism of $\text{T}{}^4$, or to the geodesic flow on a three dimensional hyperbolic manifold. To cite this article: Y. Fang, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).     

Transitive Anosov flows and pseudo-Anosov maps

ATRANSITIVEAnosov flow on a closed manifold Mis one with the qualitative behavior of a geodesic flow on a surface of negative curvature, that is global hyperbelocity and dense periodic set. A psedo-Anosov map is a homeomorphism of closed surface that has finitely many prescribed prong singlarities and is smooth and hyperbolic elsewhere: we refer to the Orsay Thurston Seminar for details [2]. We will show that Birkhoff's surfaces of section[1] can be used to established a close connection between these systems then M has dimension 3. This extends the srgery techniques of [4,5] to produce all the transitive Anove flows in dimension 3.     

Partially hyperbolic geodesic flows

We construct a category of examples of partially hyperbolic geodesic flows which are not Anosov, deforming the metric of a compact locally symmetric space of nonconstant negative curvature. Candidates for such an example as the product metric and locally symmetric spaces of nonpositive curvature with rank bigger than one are not partially hyperbolic. We prove that if a metric of nonpositive curvature has a partially hyperbolic geodesic flow, then its rank is one. Other obstructions to partial hyperbolicity of a geodesic flow are also analyzed.     

Almost commensurability of 3-dimensional Anosov flows

Two flows are almost commensurable if, up to removing finitely many periodic orbits and taking finite coverings, they are topologically equivalent. We prove that all suspensions of automorphisms of the 2-dimensional torus and all geodesic flows on unit tangent bundles to hyperbolic 2-orbifolds are pairwise almost commensurable.     

Invariant fibrations of geodesic flows

Let (Σ,g) be a compact C² finslerian 3-manifold. If the geodesic flow of g is completely integrable, and the singular set is a tamely-embedded polyhedron, then π₁(Σ) is almost polycyclic. On the other hand, if Σ is a compact, irreducible 3-manifold and π₁(Σ) is infinite polycyclic while π₂(Σ) is trivial, then Σ admits an analytic riemannian metric whose geodesic flow is completely integrable and singular set is a real-analytic variety. Additional results in higher dimensions are proven.     

Zeta-functions for expanding maps and Anosov flows

Given a real-analytic expanding endomorphism of a compact manifoldM, a meromorphic zeta function is defined on the complex-valued real-analytic functions onM. A zeta function for Anosov flows is shown to be meromorphic if the flow and its stable-unstable foliations are real-analytic.     

Isomorphisms of geodesic flows on quadrics

We consider several well-known isomorphisms between Jacobi’s geodesic problem and some integrable cases from rigid body dynamics (the cases of Clebsch and Brun). A relationship between these isomorphisms is indicated. The problem of compactification for geodesic flows on noncompact surfaces is stated. This problem is hypothesized to be intimately connected with the property of integrability.     

Normal and tangential geodesic deformations of the surfaces of revolution

We study special infinitesimal geodesic deformations of the surfaces of revolution in the Euclidean space E ³.     

Anosov flows with gibbs measures are also Bernoullian

We consider a special flowS ^t over a shift in the space of sequences (X, μ) constructed using a continuousf with {fx380-1} We formulate a condition for μ such that theK-flowS ^t is aB-flow. A note on the paperGeodesic flows are Bernoullian by D. Ornstein and B. Weiss.     

On invariant volumes of codimension-one Anosov flows and the Verjovsky conjecture

We show that any topologically transitive codimension-one Anosov flow on a closed manifold is topologically equivalent to a smooth Anosov flow that preserves a smooth volume. By a classical theorem due to Verjovsky, any higher-dimensional codimension-one Anosov flow is topologically transitive. Recently, Simić showed that any higher-dimensional codimension-one Anosov flow that preserves a smooth volume is topologically equivalent to the suspension of an Anosov diffeomorphism. Therefore, our result gives a complete classification of codimension-one Anosov flows up to topological equivalence in higher dimensions.     

Torsion and conformally Anosov flows in contact Riemannian geometry

We prove that on a compact (non Sasakian) contact metric 3-manifold with critical metric for the Chern-Hamilton functional, the characteristic vector field ξ is conformally Anosov and there exists a smooth curve in the contact distribution of conformally Anosov flows. As a consequence, we show that negativity of the ξ-sectional curvature is not a necessary condition for conformal Anosovicity of ξ (this completes a result of [4]). Moreover, we study contact metric 3-manifolds with constant ξ-sectional curvature and, in particular, correct a result of [13].