The singular Weinstein conjecture

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2021.107925zbMATH Open1479.53081arXiv2005.09568OpenAlexW3185301479WikidataQ113881019 ScholiaQ113881019MaRDI QIDQ2048633FDOQ2048633

Authors: Eva Miranda, Cédric Oms 

Publication date: 23 August 2021

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article, we investigate Reeb dynamics on $b^m$-contact manifolds, previously introduced in [MiO], which are contact away from a hypersurface $Z$ but satisfy certain transversality conditions on $Z$. The study of these contact structures is motivated by that of contact manifolds with boundary. The search of periodic Reeb orbits on those manifolds thereby starts with a generalization of the well-known Weinstein conjecture. Contrary to the initial expectations, examples of compact $b^m$-contact manifolds without periodic Reeb orbits outside $Z$ are provided. Furthermore, we prove that in dimension $3$, there are always infinitely many periodic orbits on the critical set if it is compact. We prove that traps for the $b^m$-Reeb flow exist in any dimension. This investigation goes hand-in-hand with the Weinstein conjecture on non-compact manifolds having compact ends of convex type. In particular, we extend Hofer's arguments to open overtwisted contact manifolds that are $mathbb{R}^{+}$-invariant in the open ends, obtaining as a corollary the existence of periodic $b^m$-Reeb orbits away from the critical set. The study of $b^m$-Reeb dynamics is motivated by well-known problems in fluid dynamics and celestial mechanics, where those geometric structures naturally appear. In particular, we prove that the dynamics on positive energy level-sets in the restricted planar circular three-body problem are described by the Reeb vector field of a $b^3$-contact form that admits an infinite number of periodic orbits at the critical set.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.09568

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zbMATH Keywords

periodic orbitsovertwisted contact structuresReeb dynamics\(b\)-contact forms\(b\)-symplectic geometrysingular Weinstein conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Periodic, homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems (37J46)

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