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Coherent orientations for periodic orbit problems in symplectic geometry (English)
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13 June 1994
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Finding periodic solutions of a Hamiltonian system is a variational problem. The merger of Gromov's theory of pseudoholomorphic curves and Conley's variant of Morse theory has lead to the first author's instanton homology in symplectic geometry. Algebraic invariants for a Hamiltonian system are obtained from the combinatorics of solution sets of suitable nonlinear first order systems of Cauchy-Riemann type. Their linearisations along the solution sets give parametrized families of Fredholm maps. The orientability of the associated determinant bundles compatible with a linear variant of Taubes' glueing procedure is a crucial ingredient for defining instanton homology with general coefficients. The present article describes a solution of this orientation problem. This will be important for a forthcoming series of joint papers on a symplectic homology theory.
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periodic orbit problems
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symplectic geometry
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Cauchy-Riemann type operators
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determinant bundle
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glueing
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Fredholm index
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orientation
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instanton homology
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