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Four applications of conformal equivalence to geometry and dynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2009

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Conformal equivalence theorem from complex analysis says that every Riemannian metric on a compact surface with negative Euler characteristics can be obtained by multiplying a metric of constant negative curvature by a scalar function. This fact is used to produce information about the topological and metric entropies of the geodesic flow associated with a Riemannian metric, geodesic length spectrum, geodesic and harmonic measures of infinity and Cheeger asymptotic isoperimetric constant. The method is rather uniform and is based on a comparison of extremals for variational problems for conformally equivalent metrics.

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Research Article
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 8 , Volume 8: Charles Conley Memorial Issue , December 1988 , pp. 139 - 152
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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