Resonance for loop homology of spheres

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DOI10.4310/JDG/1357141508zbMATH Open1285.53031arXiv1105.0783OpenAlexW2962831868WikidataQ115169787 ScholiaQ115169787MaRDI QIDQ360064FDOQ360064


Authors: Nancy Hingston, Hans-Bert Rademacher Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 26 August 2013

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A Riemannian or Finsler metric on a compact manifold M gives rise to a length function on the free loop space Lambda M, whose critical points are the closed geodesics in the given metric. If X is a homology class on Lambda M, the minimax critical level cr(X) is a critical value. Let M be a sphere of dimension >2, and fix a metric g and a coefficient field G. We prove that the limit as deg(X) goes to infinity of cr(X)/deg(X) exists. We call this limit the "global mean frequency" of M. As a consequence we derive resonance statements for closed geodesics on spheres; in particular either all homology on Lambda M of sufficiently high degreee lies hanging on closed geodesics whose mean frequency (average index / length) equals the global mean frequency, or there is a sequence of infinitely many closed geodesics whose mean frequencies converge to the global mean frequency. The proof uses the Chas-Sullivan product and results of Goresky-Hingston [GH].


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.0783




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