Iterated index and the mean Euler characteristic

DOI10.1142/S179352531550017XzbMATH Open1325.53113arXiv1311.0547OpenAlexW2963904438MaRDI QIDQ5262372FDOQ5262372

Yusuf Gören, Viktor L. Ginzburg

Publication date: 13 July 2015

Published in: Journal of Topology and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The aim of the paper is three-fold. We begin by proving a formula, both global and local versions, relating the number of periodic orbits of an iterated map and the Lefschetz numbers, or indices in the local case, of its iterations. This formula is then used to express the mean Euler characteristic (MEC) of a contact manifold in terms of local, purely topological, invariants of closed Reeb orbits, without any non-degeneracy assumption on the orbits. Finally, turning to applications of the local MEC formula to dynamics, we use it to reprove a theorem asserting the existence of at least two closed Reeb orbits on the standard contact three-sphere (by Cristofaro-Gardiner and Hutchings in the most general form) and the existence of at least two closed geodesics for a Finsler metric on the two-sphere (Bangert and Long).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.0547

zbMATH Keywords

periodic orbitsmean Euler characteristiccontact and Floer homologycontact forms and Reeb flowsindex and Lefschetz number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed points and periodic points of dynamical systems; fixed-point index theory; local dynamics (37C25) Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42) Periodic and almost periodic solutions for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H12)

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