Graphicality, C^0 convergence, and the Calabi homomorphism

DOI10.4134/BKMS.B160699zbMATH Open1418.53087arXiv1608.01303MaRDI QIDQ4968698FDOQ4968698

Authors: Michael Usher 

Publication date: 16 July 2019

Abstract: Consider a sequence of compactly supported Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms $ph{i}_k$ of an exact symplectic manifold, all of which are "graphical" in the sense that their graphs are identified by a Darboux-Weinstein chart with the image of a one-form. We show by an elementary argument that if the $ph{i}_k$ $C^0$-converge to the identity then their Calabi invariants converge to zero. This generalizes a result of Oh, in which the ambient manifold was the two-disk and an additional assumption was made on the Hamiltonians generating the $ph{i}_k$. We discuss connections to the open problem of whether the Calabi homomorphism extends to the Hamiltonian homeomorphism group. The proof is based on a relationship between the Calabi invariant of a $C^0$-small Hamiltonian diffeomorphism and the generalized phase function of its graph.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.01303

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zbMATH Keywords

Calabi homomorphismexact symplectic manifold\(C^0\) Hamiltonian dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05) Canonical transformations in symplectic and contact geometry (53D22)

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