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PFH spectral invariants and $C^\infty$ closing lemmas

Symplectic Geometry 2024-04-05 v5 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We develop the theory of spectral invariants in periodic Floer homology (PFH) of area-preserving surface diffeomorphisms. We use this theory to prove CC^\infty closing lemmas for certain Hamiltonian isotopy classes of area-preserving surface diffeomorphisms. In particular, we show that for a CC^\infty-generic area-preserving diffeomorphism of the torus, the set of periodic points is dense. Our closing lemmas are quantitative, asserting roughly speaking that for a given Hamiltonian isotopy, within time δ\delta a periodic orbit must appear of period O(δ1)O(\delta^{-1}). We also prove a "Weyl law" describing the asymptotic behavior of PFH spectral invariants.

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@article{arxiv.2110.02463,
  title  = {PFH spectral invariants and $C^\infty$ closing lemmas},
  author = {Oliver Edtmair and Michael Hutchings},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.02463},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

v5: various minor corrections, clarifications, and expanded explanations in response to referee comments