In mathematics, the Lyusternik–Fet theorem states that on every compact

Riemannian manifold In differential geometry, a Riemannian manifold or Riemannian space , so called after the German mathematician Bernhard Riemann, is a real, smooth manifold ''M'' equipped with a positive-definite inner product ''g'p'' on the tangent spac ...

there exists a

closed geodesic In differential geometry and dynamical systems, a closed geodesic on a Riemannian manifold is a geodesic that returns to its starting point with the same tangent direction. It may be formalized as the projection of a closed orbit of the geodesic fl ...

. It is named after

Lazar Lyusternik Lazar Aronovich Lyusternik (also Lusternik, Lusternick, Ljusternik; ; 31 December 1899, in Zduńska Wola, Congress Poland, Russian Empire – 23 July 1981, in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet mathematician. He is famous for his work in topolog ...

and Abram Ilyich Fet.

References

* https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Closed_geodesic * L.A. Lyusternik, A.I. Fet, "Variational problems on closed manifolds" Dokl. Akad. Nauk. SSSR, 81 (1951) pp. 17–18 (In Russian) Differential geometry Geodesic (mathematics) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyusternik-Fet theorem