On the relation between action and linking
Symplectic Geometry
2021-04-28 v4 Dynamical Systems
Abstract
We introduce numerical invariants of contact forms in dimension three and use asymptotic cycles to estimate them. As a consequence, we prove a version for Anosov Reeb flows of results due to Hutchings and Weiler on mean actions of periodic points. The main tool is the Action-Linking Lemma, expressing the contact area of a surface bounded by periodic orbits as the Liouville average of the asymptotic intersection number of most trajectories with the surface.
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@article{arxiv.2006.06266,
title = {On the relation between action and linking},
author = {David Bechara Senior and Umberto L. Hryniewicz and Pedro A. S. Salomão},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.06266},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
16 pages; v4 incorporates corrections and suggestions from all referee reports