On fractional-linear integrals of geodesics on surfaces

Abstract

In this note we give a criterion for the existence of a fractional-linear integral for a geodesic flow on a Riemannian surface and explain that modulo M\"obius transformations the moduli space of such local integrals (if nonempty) is either the two-dimensional projective plane or a finite number of points. We will also consider explicit examples and discuss a relation of such rational integrals to Killing vectors.