The conjugation method in symplectic dynamics (Q1733570)

As an evidence on how the removal of the Hamiltonian condition destroys most of the rigidity in the dynamics, the following theorem is proved: Theorem 1.1. If a symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$ admits a locally free $\mathbb{S}^1$-action by symplectomorphisms, then there exists $\psi\in\mathrm{Symp}_0(M)$ such that $\psi$ is minimal. Here $\mathrm{Symp}(M)$ is the group of symplectomorphisms of $(M,\omega)$, $\mathrm{Symp}_0(M)$ is its connected component of the identity, and a map is called minimal if every orbit is dense. For contact manifolds $(M,\xi)$, the following theorem is proved: Theorem 1.2. If a contact manifold $(M,\xi)$ admits a locally free $\mathbb{S}^1$-action by contactomorphism, then there exists $\psi\in\mathrm{Cont}_0(M,\xi)$ such that $\psi$ is strictly ergodic. Here $\mathrm{Cont}_0(M,\xi)$ is a connected component of the group of contactomorphisms of $(M,\xi)$, and a map is called strictly ergodic, if it is minimal and has just one invariant Borel probability measure. The diffeomorphism constructed in Theorems 1.1 and 1.2 can be chosen arbitrarily $C^\infty$-close to the identity (Corollary 1.4). Proofs are done by using the conjugation method [\textit{D. V. Anosov} and \textit{A. B. Katok}, Trans. Mosc. Math. Soc. 23, 1--35 (1972; Zbl 0255.58007)].