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Simplicity of the contactomorphism group of finite regularity

Symplectic Geometry 2024-05-14 v2 Dynamical Systems Geometric Topology

Abstract

For a given coorientable contact manifold (M2n+1,ξ)(M^{2n+1},\xi), we consider the group Contc(r,δ)(M,α) \operatorname{Cont}_c^{(r,\delta)}(M,\alpha) consisting of Cr,δC^{r,\delta} contactomorphisms with compact support which is equipped with Cr,δC^{r,\delta}-topology of H\"older regularity (r,δ)(r,\delta) for r1r \geq 1 and 0<δ10 <\delta \leq 1. We prove that for all H\"older class exponents with r>n+2r > n + 2 or r=n+1,12<δ1r = n+1, \, \frac12 < \delta \leq 1 (resp. r<n+1r < n+1 or r=n+1r = n+1 and 0<δ<12 0< \delta <\frac12), the group is a perfect (and so a simple) group. In particular, Contcr(M,ξ)\operatorname{Cont}_c^r(M,\xi) is simple for all integer r1r \geq 1. For the case of Contc(r,δ)(M,α)\operatorname{Cont}_c^{(r,\delta)}(M,\alpha) of general H\"older regularity, we prove the simplicity for all pairs (r,δ)(r,\delta) leaving only the case of (r,δ)=(n+1,12)(r,\delta) = (n+1,\frac12) open.

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@article{arxiv.2403.18261,
  title  = {Simplicity of the contactomorphism group of finite regularity},
  author = {Yong-Geun Oh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.18261},
  year   = {2024}
}

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61 pages, comments welcome!; v2) many typos corrected, English and exposition improved