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Equidistributed periodic orbits of $C^\infty$-generic three-dimensional Reeb flows

Symplectic Geometry 2019-03-08 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We prove that, for a CC^\infty-generic contact form λ\lambda adapted to a given contact distribution on a closed three-manifold, there exists a sequence of periodic Reeb orbits which is equidistributed with respect to dλd\lambda. This is a quantitative refinement of the CC^\infty-generic density theorem for three-dimensional Reeb flows, which was previously proved by the author. The proof is based on the volume theorem in embedded contact homology (ECH) by Cristofaro-Gardiner, Hutchings, Ramos, and inspired by the argument of Marques-Neves-Song, who proved a similar equidistribution result for minimal hypersurfaces. We also discuss a question about generic behavior of periodic Reeb orbits "representing" ECH homology classes, and give a partial affirmative answer to a toy model version of this question which concerns boundaries of star-shaped toric domains.

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@article{arxiv.1812.01869,
  title  = {Equidistributed periodic orbits of $C^\infty$-generic three-dimensional Reeb flows},
  author = {Kei Irie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.01869},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

22 pages. Section 6 expanded

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