Three elliptic closed characteristics on the non-degenerate compact convex hypersurfaces in R^6
Abstract
Let with be any compact convex hypersurface. The stability of closed characteristics has attracted considerable attention in related research fields. A long-standing conjecture states that all closed characteristics are irrationally elliptic, provided possesses only finitely geometrically distinct closed characteristics. This conjecture has been fully resolved only in , while it remains completely open in higher dimensions. Even in , it is unknown whether there exist three elliptic closed characteristics. In this paper, we first prove that for any with finitely many closed characteristics, there exist at least two elliptic closed characteristics, which possess a nice symplectic normal form. In particular, as a simple corollary, they are irrational elliptic when is non-degenerate. Moreover, for any non-degenerate with finitely many closed characteristics, we obtain at least three elliptic characteristics, of which at least two are irrationally elliptic. Based on the -or- conjecture, three elliptic closed characteristics are optimal. This result provide theoretical support for further research on this conjecture.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.12656,
title = {Three elliptic closed characteristics on the non-degenerate compact convex hypersurfaces in R^6},
author = {Lu Liu and Yuwei Ou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.12656},
year = {2026}
}