Pseudoholomorphic curves in symplectizations with applications to the Weinstein conjecture in dimension three

DOI10.1007/BF01232679zbMath0797.58023OpenAlexW2091362639WikidataQ29037381 ScholiaQ29037381MaRDI QIDQ1319203

Helmut Hofer

Publication date: 11 October 1994

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/144157

zbMATH Keywords

contact formReeb vector fieldWeinstein conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds (53D35) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Pseudoholomorphic curves (32Q65)

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