Weinstein conjecture and a theory of infinite dimensional cycles (Q1180779)

If \((M,\omega)\) is a contact manifold of dimension \(2n+1\), then there exists on \(M\) a vector field \(\xi\), called a characteristic field such that \(d\omega(.,\xi)=0\), \(\omega(\xi)=1\). Supposing that the Stiefel- Whitney classes \(w_{2n}(M)\), \(w_{2n-1}(M)\) are equal to zero, the author formulates the following Theorem. (i) The critical points at infinity on solution cycle \(k^{1,1}(P)\) are piecewise smooth curves, broken at points \(p_ i\) such that: 1) each segment from \(p_ i\) to \(p_{i+1}\) is an orbit of \(\xi\) or \(\nu\), 2) \(p_ i\) is conjugate to \(p_{i+1}\). (ii) The cohomology class corresponding to the cycle \(k^{1,1}(P)\) is zero in \(H^*(C^ 1(S^ 1,M))\).