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Axial isometries of manifolds of non-positive curvature. (English) Zbl 0487.53039


MSC:

53C22 Geodesics in global differential geometry
53C20 Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching
37D40 Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.)
53D25 Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry

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