Equidistributed periodic orbits of C^-generic three-dimensional Reeb flows

DOI10.4310/JSG.2021.V19.N3.A2MaRDI QIDQ2048916zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kei Irie

Publication date 24 August 2021

Published in The Journal of Symplectic Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.01869

zbMATH Keywords

contact distributionembedded contact homologyReeb flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds (53D35) Contact structures in 3 dimensions (57K33) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17)

Abstract: We prove that, for a $C^{i}nfty$-generic contact form $lambda$ adapted to a given contact distribution on a closed three-manifold, there exists a sequence of periodic Reeb orbits which is equidistributed with respect to $dlambda$. This is a quantitative refinement of the $C^{i}nfty$-generic density theorem for three-dimensional Reeb flows, which was previously proved by the author. The proof is based on the volume theorem in embedded contact homology (ECH) by Cristofaro-Gardiner, Hutchings, Ramos, and inspired by the argument of Marques-Neves-Song, who proved a similar equidistribution result for minimal hypersurfaces. We also discuss a question about generic behavior of periodic Reeb orbits "representing" ECH homology classes, and give a partial affirmative answer to a toy model version of this question which concerns boundaries of star-shaped toric domains.

Review text

Let \(Y\) be a closed \(C^{\infty}\) \(3\)-dimensional manifold. Let \(\xi\) be a contact distribution on \(Y\), let \(\lambda\) be a \(1\)-form on \(Y\) such that \(\ker \lambda=\xi\) and \(d\lambda_{|_\xi}>0\). Let \(\Lambda(Y,\xi)\) be the set of such \(C^\infty\)-class \(1\)-forms on \(Y\). Denote \(\mathcal{C}(Y,\lambda)\) the set of all positive Reeb currents of \((Y,\lambda)\). The main result of this paper is the following theorem: ``For generic \(\lambda\in \Lambda(Y,\xi)\), there exists a sequence \((C_k)_{k\geq 1}\) in \(\mathcal{C}(Y,\lambda)\) which weakly converges to \(d\lambda\). This result is a quantitative refinement of a previous result of the author. The main tool in the proof is the embedded contact homology spectral invariant. Also a discussion about generic behavior of periodic Reeb orbits representing embedded contact homology classes is given, related to boundaries of star-shaped toric domains.

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