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Geodesic entropy rigidity: The main theorem gives precisely the entropy equality/local-symmetry equivalence in all dimensions at least three, with every rank-one symmetric type and arbitrary scale. The introduction explicitly identifies Katok 1982 Theorem B as the already proved surface branch, completing the unrestricted closed negative-curvature target.
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Katok entropy rigidity and an exact time-change obstruction
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Geodesic entropy rigidity: In negative curvature and dimension at least three, the paper claims that Liouville measure maximizes geodesic-flow entropy exactly for locally symmetric metrics. All rank-one symmetric geometries and their rescalings fall within the conclusion.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
For a closed connected smooth Riemannian $(M^n,g)$, $n\ge3$, with all sectional curvatures strictly negative, let $\phi_t$ be unit-speed geodesic flow on $SM$ and $m_L$ its normalized Liouville probability measure. The entropy-rigidity claim is \[h_{m_L}(\phi_1)=h_{\mathrm{top}}(\phi_1)\quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad\nabla^gR_g=0.\] Equivalently after passage to its universal cover, the metric belongs to a rank-one noncompact symmetric model at arbitrary scale.Outline of the argument
Geodesic entropy rigidity: Entropy equality and thermodynamic formalism turn unstable volume expansion into a flow coboundary. The transfer function supplies transported conormal volume data along stable and unstable leaves. Successive regularity arguments upgrade these transverse data to smooth distributions; the resulting rigidity structure forces the metric to be locally symmetric, with the converse verified on the symmetric models.Formal verification
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- OpenAI, Entropy equality and local symmetry in negative curvature, 2026-09-23; citation key
OAI:Entropy-equality-and-local-symmetry-in-negative-curvature-September-23-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI catalogue entry.