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Explicit transitive flow on disc

$D_n\triangleq \left\{x \in \mathbb{R}^n:\, \|x\|\leq 1\right\}$ with its subspace topology. By a transitive flow on $D_n$ I mean a continuous function $$ \phi: [0,1]\times D_n\rightarrow D_n, $$ ...
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How can generic closed geodesics on surfaces of negative curvature be constructed?

As far as I understand it the closing lemma implies that closed geodesics on surfaces of negative curvature are dense. So: how can they be constructed in general? A concrete answer that dovetails with ...
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