Finsler geodesics, periodic Reeb orbits, and open books

DOI10.1007/S40879-017-0158-0zbMATH Open1405.37060arXiv1611.10035OpenAlexW3103978296MaRDI QIDQ1695709FDOQ1695709

Authors: Max Dörner, Hansjörg Geiges, Kai Zehmisch 

Publication date: 8 February 2018

Published in: European Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We survey some results on the existence (and non-existence) of periodic Reeb orbits on contact manifolds, both in the open and closed case. We place these statements in the context of Finsler geometry by including a proof of the folklore theorem that the Finsler geodesic flow can be interpreted as a Reeb flow. As a mild extension of previous results we present existence statements on periodic Reeb orbits on contact manifolds with suitable supporting open books.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.10035

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zbMATH Keywords

Reeb vector fieldopen book decompositionWeinstein conjecturecontact formcontact surgeryFinsler geodesic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic orbits of vector fields and flows (37C27) Local differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53B40) Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25) Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds (53D35)

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