Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 14 1 b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Put and denote the flow generated by by . It follows the same oriented orbits as , with the clock determined implicitly byBecause is positive on a compact manifold, and for . Negative times obey the corresponding absolute-value comparison. This makes it possible to transfer exponential estimates once the correct transverse graphs are found.
For defineThe integrand is bounded by a constant times , since is bounded and is stable. The integral converges uniformly on bounded bundle vectors, so it is continuous and linear in . Consider the graphWe verify its invariance and contraction directly; the old Anosov stable bundle need not itself remain invariant under a positive time change of a smooth flow.
For a fixed old time , setDifferentiation gives and . Differentiating the implicit clock at fixed , then differentiating , therefore yields for For this becomesThe tail coefficient equals by the flow composition law, proving graph invariance. Both the first term and the tail have norm at most . Projection onto in the original splitting is uniformly bounded, hence . The clock comparison now givesFor the Anosov unstable bundle, use the convergent past integralThe same differentiation formula gives the tail for , proving invariance and exponential contraction in negative new time.
Finally, these two graphs and form a direct splitting. Projecting onto identifies the graphs with the old complementary stable and unstable subspaces, so they intersect neither each other nor the centre. We have established the continuous invariant splitting and both uniform estimates, and therefore the flow of is Anosov.
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