# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

January  2014, 8(1): 75-91. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2014.8.75

## Topological entropy of minimal geodesics and volume growth on surfaces

 1 Fakultät für Mathematik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany, Germany 2 Institut de Mathématiques et de Sciences Physiques (IMSP), Université d’Abomey-Calavi 01 BP 613 Porto-Novo, Benin

Received  August 2013 Revised  March 2014 Published  July 2014

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of hyperbolic type, i.e $M$ is a manifold admitting another metric of strictly negative curvature. In this paper we study the geodesic flow restricted to the set of geodesics which are minimal on the universal covering. In particular for surfaces we show that the topological entropy of the minimal geodesics coincides with the volume entropy of $(M,g)$ generalizing work of Freire and Mañé.
Citation: Eva Glasmachers, Gerhard Knieper, Carlos Ogouyandjou, Jan Philipp Schröder. Topological entropy of minimal geodesics and volume growth on surfaces. Journal of Modern Dynamics, 2014, 8 (1) : 75-91. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2014.8.75
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