On periodic points of symplectomorphisms on surfaces (Q1692377)

The author constructs a symplectomorphism on a surface of genus \(g\geq 2\), with no periodic orbits other than exactly \(2g-2\) hyperbolic fixed points. The article contains the following result: assume that a strongly nondegenerate symplectomorphism isotopic to the identity on a surface of genus \(g\geq 2\) satisfies an irrationality condition on its flux and possesses a fixed point with nonzero mean index. Then such a symplectomorphism has infinitely many periodic points. It is shown that the condition on the mean index is satisfied if the fixed point is elliptic or if the number of fixed points is strictly greater than \(2g-2\).