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Quasi-morphismes et invariant de Calabi

Symplectic Geometry 2007-06-13 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we give two elementary constructions of homogeneous quasi-morphisms defined on the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of certain closed connected symplectic manifolds (or on its universal cover). The first quasi-morphism, denoted by \calabi_S\calabi\_{S}, is defined on the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of a closed oriented surface SS of genus greater than 1. This construction is motivated by a question of M. Entov and L. Polterovich. If USU\subset S is a disk or an annulus, the restriction of \calabi_S\calabi\_{S} to the subgroup of diffeomorphisms which are the time one map of a Hamiltonian isotopy in UU equals Calabi's homomorphism. The second quasi-morphism is defined on the universal cover of the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of a symplectic manifold for which the cohomology class of the symplectic form is a multiple of the first Chern class.

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@article{arxiv.math/0506096,
  title  = {Quasi-morphismes et invariant de Calabi},
  author = {Pierre Py},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0506096},
  year   = {2007}
}

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19 pages, juin 2005

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