Another note on focus-focus singularities (Q1609438): Difference between revisions

The present paper is devoted to the study of the monodromy around a focus-focus singular fiber that contains \(k\geq 1\) focus-focus singular points in an integrable Hamiltonian system with two degrees of freedom. The case of a nondegenerate focus-focus singular fiber was previously considered by the same author [Differ. Geom. Appl. 7, 123-130 (1997; Zbl 0887.58023)]. In the present paper he extends his results to the case of possibly degenerate focus-focus (p.d.f.f.) singularities where in particular the formula for the monodromy \[ \begin{pmatrix} 1 & k \\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix} \] is shown to be valid (Theorem 1.3). The proof of the existence of a Hamiltonian \(\mathbb S^1\)--action (Theorem 1.2) as well as a topological classification of p.d.f.f. fibers are given (Theorem 1.4). The author discusses an interesting relation between the Hamiltonian monodromy and a Duistermaat-Heckman formula [see \textit{J. J. Duistermaat} and \textit{G. J. Heckman}, Invent. Math. 69, 259-268 (1982; Zbl 0503.58015)]. All results are extended to the non-Hamiltonian case.