A Bangert-Hingston theorem for starshaped hypersurfaces (Q6176577)

The aim of this paper is to prove a version of the theorem of \textit{V. Bangert} and \textit{N. Hingston} [J. Differ. Geom. 19, 277--282 (1984; Zbl 0545.53036)] for starshaped hypersurfaces. Let \(Q\) be a closed manifold with non-trivial first Betti number that admits a non-trivial \(S^1\)-action, and \(\Sigma\subseteq T^*Q\) a nondegenerate starshaped hypersurface. In this paper, the author proves that the number of geometrically distinct Reeb orbits of period at most \(T\) on \(\Sigma\) grows at least logarithmically in \(T\). The paper is organized as follows: Section 1 is an introduction to the subject. Section 2 deals with Reeb orbits and starshaped domains. Section 3 is devoted to spectral invariants and minimax values. Here, the author introduces spectral invariants and compares them to minimax values on \(T^*Q\). Section 4 deals with pinching and Floer homologies. In this section, the author closely follows [\textit{L. Macarini} and \textit{F. Schlenk}, Math. Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 151, No. 1, 103--128 (2011; Zbl 1236.53063); \textit{M. Heistercamp}, ``The Weinstein conjecture with multiplicities on spherizations'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1105.3886}; \textit{R. E. Wullschleger}, Counting Reeb chords on spherizations. Université de Neuchâtel (PhD thesis) (2014)] and constructs three sequences of non-degenerate Hamiltonians. Sections 5 and 6 are devoted to index relations and the main result respectively.