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A minimax selector for a class of hamiltonians on cotangent bundles

Symplectic Geometry 2007-05-23 v4 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We construct a minimax selector for eventually quadratic hamiltonians on cotangent bundles. We use it to give a relation between Hofer's energy and Mather's action minimizing function. We also study the local flatness of the set of twist maps.

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@article{arxiv.math/9911036,
  title  = {A minimax selector for a class of hamiltonians on cotangent bundles},
  author = {R. Iturriaga and H. Sanchez-Morgado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9911036},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Corrected version. 17 pages