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Global cross sections for Anosov flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2015

SLOBODAN N. SIMIĆ*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San José State University, San José, CA 95192-0103, USA email simic@math.sjsu.edu

Abstract

We provide a new criterion for the existence of a global cross section to a volume-preserving Anosov flow. The criterion is expressed in terms of expansion and contraction rates of the flow and generalizes known results of this type.

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Research Article
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© Cambridge University Press, 2015 

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