The second closed geodesic on a complex projective plane

Abstract

We show the existence of at least two geometrically distinct closed geodesics on a complex projective plane with a bumpy and non-reversible Finsler metric.

Keywords

Closed geodesic / energy functional / bumpy Finsler metric / Morse inequality / equivariant Morse theory

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