On an Integrable Magnetic Geodesic Flow on the Two-torus
2015, Volume 20, Number 6, pp. 667-678
Author(s): Taimanov I. A.
Author(s): Taimanov I. A.
The magnetic geodesic flow on a flat two-torus with the magnetic field $F=\cos(x)dx \wedge dy$ is completely integrated and the description of all contractible periodic magnetic geodesics is given. It is shown that there are no such geodesics for energy $E \geqslant 1/2$, for $E<1/2$ simple periodic magnetic geodesics form two $S^1$-families for which the (fixed energy) action functional is positive and therefore there are no periodic magnetic geodesics for which the action functional is negative.
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