Potential Theory
Geodesic flow refers to the movement along geodesics, which are the shortest paths between two points on a curved surface or manifold. This concept is essential in understanding how objects move in a curved space, influenced by the geometry of that space, and is particularly relevant when analyzing the dynamics of systems described by the Laplace-Beltrami operator, which generalizes the Laplace operator to curved spaces.
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