On symplectic manifolds with aspherical symplectic form (Q1580021)

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    On symplectic manifolds with aspherical symplectic form (English)
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    29 November 2001
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    Let \((M^{2m},\omega)\) be a closed symplectic manifold such that \(\omega|_{\pi_2 (M)}=0\) (see [\textit{A. Floer}, Commun. Math. Phys. 120, No. 4, 575-611 (1989; Zbl 0755.58022)] for the introduction of this restriction on \(\omega)\). The authors prove the following Theorem: Let \(\mathbb{C} P^n\to E\to M\) be a \(\mathbb{C} P^n\)-fibration over \(M\). Then the Lyusternik-Shnirel'man category of \(E\) satisfies \(\text{cat} (E)\geq 2m+n\). The proof uses the determination of the category weight of \(\omega\) [\textit{Y. B. Rudyak} and \textit{J. Oprea}, Math. Z. 230, No. 4, 673-678 (1999; Zbl 0931.53039)] and the collapsing of the Serre spectral sequence (which works for a trivial action and needs an extra-argument in the general case). The authors use this lower bound for \(\text{cat}(E)\) in a theorem of \textit{E. Kerman} [Int. Math. Res. Not. 1999, No. 17, 953-969 (1999; Zbl 0958.37041)] and get: Let \(H\) be a metric Hamiltonian on the cotangent bundle \(T^*(M)\to M\). Then for every \(\varepsilon\) small enough, the set \(H^{-1}(\varepsilon)\) contains at least \(3m\) closed trajectories of the vector field on \(T^*(M)\) classically associated to \(\omega\).
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    LS-category
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    Lyusternik-Shnirelman category
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    category weight
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