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Sobolev $H^1$ Geometry of the Symplectomorphism Group

Differential Geometry 2017-10-10 v1

Abstract

For a closed symplectic manifold (M,ω)(M,\omega) with compatible Riemannian metric gg we study the Sobolev H1H^1 geometry of the group of all HsH^s diffeomorphisms on MM which preserve the symplectic structure. We show that, for sufficiently large ss, the H1H^1 metric admits globally defined geodesics and the corresponding exponential map is a non-linear Fredholm map of index zero. Finally, we show that the H1H^1 metric carries conjugate points via some simple examples.

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@article{arxiv.1710.02859,
  title  = {Sobolev $H^1$ Geometry of the Symplectomorphism Group},
  author = {James Benn and Ali Suri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.02859},
  year   = {2017}
}