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A C^0 counterexample to the Arnold conjecture

Symplectic Geometry 2018-08-30 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

The Arnold conjecture states that a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism of a closed and connected symplectic manifold must have at least as many fixed points as the minimal number of critical points of a smooth function on the manifold. It is well known that the Arnold conjecture holds for Hamiltonian homeomorphisms of closed symplectic surfaces. The goal of this paper is to provide a counterexample to the Arnold conjecture for Hamiltonian homeomorphisms in dimensions four and higher. More precisely, we prove that every closed and connected symplectic manifold of dimension at least four admits a Hamiltonian homeomorphism with a single fixed point.

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@article{arxiv.1609.09192,
  title  = {A C^0 counterexample to the Arnold conjecture},
  author = {Lev Buhovsky and Vincent Humilière and Sobhan Seyfaddini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.09192},
  year   = {2018}
}

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58 pages, 7 figures

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