The Calabi homomorphism, Lagrangian paths and special Lagrangians (Q383590)

Let \(( X, \omega) \) be a general symplectic manifold of dimension \(2n\) and let \(\mathcal{O}\) be an orbit of the group of Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms acting on the space of Lagrangian submanifolds of \( ( X, \omega) \). The author defines a functional \(\mathcal{C}:\mathcal{O} \to\mathbb R\) for each differential form \( \beta\) of middle degree satisfying \(\beta \wedge\omega =0 \) and an exactness condition. A particular instance of \(\mathcal{C}\) recovers the Calabi homomorphism. If \(\beta\) is the imaginary part of holomorphic volume form, the critical points of \(\mathcal{C}\) are special Lagrangian submanifolds. The author deduces that \(\mathcal C\) is related by mirror symmetry to a functional introduced by Donaldson to study Einstein-Hermitian metrics on holomorphic vector bundles and shows that \(\mathcal{C}\) is convex on an open subspace \( \mathcal{O}^+\subset\mathcal O\). He defines a Riemannian metric on \(\mathcal{O}^+\) and analyzes its geodesics. Finally, he discusses a generalization of the flux homomorphism to the space of Lagrangian submanifolds, and a Lagrangian analog of the flux conjecture.