A counterexample to the singular Weinstein conjecture
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A counterexample to the singular Weinstein conjecture
author: Josep Fontana-McNally
author: Eva Miranda
author: Cédric Oms
author: Daniel Peralta-Salas
published in: Advances in Mathematics
publication date: 2024-11-18T00:00:00Z
review text: The authors consider Reeb vector fields and their dynamical properties on b-contact manifolds. They develop constructions in three dimensions that illustrate important properties of escape orbits as well as singular periodic orbits. These are immediately relevant to questions about the singular versions of the Weinstein conjecture and the Hamiltonian Seifert conjecture.\N\NThe constructions presented here lead to counterexamples of the conjectures stated in [\textit{E. Miranda} and \textit{C. Oms}, Adv. Math. 389, 41 p. (2021; Zbl 1479.53081)]. Indeed the construction identifies b-contact manifolds with no singular periodic orbits outside the critical set \(Z\) of the b-contact form.\N\NA new conjecture -- a generalized Weinstein conjecture -- is developed based on work following from these constructions. The generalized version says that every Reeb vector field of a contact manifold (even possibly a singular one) should have at least one periodic orbit or a generalized singular periodic orbit away from the critical set \(Z\).
reviewed by: William J. Satzer Jr.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53D10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 37J46
zbMATH DE Number: 7945730
zbMATH Keywords: Weinstein conjecture
zbMATH Keywords: \(b\)-contact manifolds
zbMATH Keywords: escape orbits
zbMATH Keywords: singular periodic orbits
zbMATH Keywords: Reeb vector field
zbMATH Keywords: generalized Weinstein conjecture
zbMATH Keywords: Hamiltonian Seifert conjecture
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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DOI: 10.1016/J.AIM.2024.109998
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7945730