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On the extremality of Hofer's metric on the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms

Symplectic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

Let M be a closed symplectic manifold, and let | | be a norm on the space of all smooth functions on M, which are zero-mean normalized with respect to the canonical volume form. We show that if | | is dominated from above by the L-Infinity-norm, and | | is invariant under the action of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms, then it is also invariant under all volume preserving diffeomorphisms. We also prove that if | | is, additionally, not equivalent to the L-Infinity-norm, then the induced Finsler metric on the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms on M vanishes identically.

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@article{arxiv.math/0501143,
  title  = {On the extremality of Hofer's metric on the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms},
  author = {Yaron Ostrover and Roy Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0501143},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Latex, 17 pages