Resonance for Loop Homology on Spheres

Fix a metric (Riemannian or Finsler) on a compact manifold M. The critical points of the length function on the free loop space LM of M are the closed geodesics on M. Filtration by the length function gives a link between the geometry of closed geodesics, and the algebraic structure given by the Chas-Sullivan product on the homology of LM and the “dual” loop cohomology product.
If X is a homology class on LM, the "minimax" critical level Cr(X) is a critical value of the length function. Gromov proved that if M is simply connected, there are positive constants k and K so that for every homology class X of degree>dim(M) on LM,
k deg(X) When M is a sphere, we prove there are positive constants a and b so that for every homology class X on LM,
a deg(X)-b There are interesting consequences for the length spectrum.
Mark Goresky and Hans-Bert Rademacher are collaborators.