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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 14 5 a Solution by
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The forcing is perpendicular to velocity, soStarting at unit speed therefore keeps the motion in . The horizontal part is the geodesic transport , while the acceleration rotates the unit velocity at angular speed . Thus the magnetic flow generator is .
For the canonical coframe of a surface unit tangent bundle, set . Its interior product of a differential form with the two relevant fields isThe structure equations giveThe Cartan formula for the Lie derivative consequently gives . For the variable vertical coefficient, use the full product rule:Indeed is pulled back from the base, so and has only components. HenceThe Liouville volume of a surface geodesic flow is therefore preserved by this magnetic modification for every smooth , without requiring the Anosov property.
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