Closed Reeb orbits on the sphere and symplectically degenerate maxima

DOI10.1007/S40306-012-0002-ZzbMATH Open1292.53057arXiv1210.5037OpenAlexW2964213397MaRDI QIDQ356533FDOQ356533

Doris Hein, Leonardo Macarini, Viktor L. Ginzburg, Umberto L. Hryniewicz

Publication date: 26 July 2013

Published in: Acta Mathematica Vietnamica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the existence of one simple closed Reeb orbit of a particular type (a symplectically degenerate maximum) forces the Reeb flow to have infinitely many periodic orbits. We use this result to give a different proof of a recent theorem of Cristofaro-Gardiner and Hutchings asserting that every Reeb flow on the standard contact three-sphere has at least two periodic orbits. Our methods are based on adapting the machinery originally developed for proving the Hamiltonian Conley conjecture to the contact setting.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.5037

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zbMATH Keywords

periodic orbitsConley conjectureFloer and contact homologyReeb flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic aspects of Floer homology and cohomology (53D40)

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