Zeta functions of dynamically tame Liouville domains
Symplectic Geometry
2026-05-26 v4 Dynamical Systems
Abstract
We define a dynamical zeta function for nondegenerate Liouville domains, in terms of Reeb dynamics on the boundary. We use filtered equivariant symplectic homology to (i) extend the definition of the zeta function to a more general class of "dynamically tame" Liouville domains, and (ii) show that the zeta function of a dynamically tame Liouville domain is invariant under exact symplectomorphism of the interior. As an application, we find examples of open domains in R^4, arbitrarily close to a ball, which are not symplectomorphic to open star-shaped toric domains.
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@article{arxiv.2402.07003,
title = {Zeta functions of dynamically tame Liouville domains},
author = {Michael Hutchings},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.07003},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
44 pages; v4 has various minor corrections and clarifications, and updated references