| Title:
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Stability of the geodesic flow for the energy (English) |
| Author:
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Boeckx, E. |
| Author:
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González-Dávila, J. C. |
| Author:
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Vanhecke, L. |
| Language:
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English |
| Journal:
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Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae |
| ISSN:
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0010-2628 (print) |
| ISSN:
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1213-7243 (online) |
| Volume:
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43 |
| Issue:
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2 |
| Year:
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2002 |
| Pages:
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201-213 |
| . |
| Category:
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math |
| . |
| Summary:
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We study the stability of the geodesic flow $\xi$ as a critical point for the energy functional when the base space is a compact orientable quotient of a two-point homogeneous space. (English) |
| Keyword:
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geodesic flow |
| Keyword:
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two-point homogeneous spaces |
| Keyword:
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harmonic maps |
| Keyword:
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stability |
| Keyword:
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energy functional |
| MSC:
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53C20 |
| MSC:
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53C22 |
| MSC:
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53C30 |
| MSC:
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58E20 |
| idZBL:
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Zbl 1090.53035 |
| idMR:
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MR1922122 |
| . |
| Date available:
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2009-01-08T19:21:12Z |
| Last updated:
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2012-04-30 |
| Stable URL:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/119314 |
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