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The isometry-invariant geodesics problem: Closed and open

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Grove, K. (1985). The isometry-invariant geodesics problem: Closed and open. In: Geometry and Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1167. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0075220

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