Chebotarev-type theorems in homology classes

Pollicott, Mark; Sharp, Richard

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-07-08923-X

Chebotarev-type theorems in homology classes

Authors: Mark Pollicott and Richard Sharp
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007), 3887-3894
MSC (2000): Primary 37C27, 37C30, 37D40
Published electronically: August 30, 2007
MathSciNet review: 2354151
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Abstract: We describe how closed geodesics lying in a prescribed homology class on a negatively curved manifold split when lifted to a finite cover. This generalizes a result of Zelditch in the case of compact hyperbolic surfaces.

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