The singular Weinstein conjecture

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2021.107925MaRDI QIDQ2048633zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Eva Miranda, Cédric Oms

Publication date 23 August 2021

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.09568

zbMATH Keywords

\(b\)-contact forms\(b\)-symplectic geometryovertwisted contact structuresperiodic orbitsReeb dynamicssingular Weinstein conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic, homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems (37J46) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10)

Abstract: In this article, we investigate Reeb dynamics on $b^m$-contact manifolds, previously introduced in [MiO], which are contact away from a hypersurface $Z$ but satisfy certain transversality conditions on $Z$. The study of these contact structures is motivated by that of contact manifolds with boundary. The search of periodic Reeb orbits on those manifolds thereby starts with a generalization of the well-known Weinstein conjecture. Contrary to the initial expectations, examples of compact $b^m$-contact manifolds without periodic Reeb orbits outside $Z$ are provided. Furthermore, we prove that in dimension $3$, there are always infinitely many periodic orbits on the critical set if it is compact. We prove that traps for the $b^m$-Reeb flow exist in any dimension. This investigation goes hand-in-hand with the Weinstein conjecture on non-compact manifolds having compact ends of convex type. In particular, we extend Hofer's arguments to open overtwisted contact manifolds that are $mathbb{R}^{+}$-invariant in the open ends, obtaining as a corollary the existence of periodic $b^m$-Reeb orbits away from the critical set. The study of $b^m$-Reeb dynamics is motivated by well-known problems in fluid dynamics and celestial mechanics, where those geometric structures naturally appear. In particular, we prove that the dynamics on positive energy level-sets in the restricted planar circular three-body problem are described by the Reeb vector field of a $b^3$-contact form that admits an infinite number of periodic orbits at the critical set.

Review text

This paper concerns the study of \(b^m\)-symplectic and \(b^m\)-contact geometry with motivations coming from problems in fluid dynamics and celestial mechanics. Examples of compact \(b^m\)-contact manifolds without periodic Reeb orbits away from the critical set are given. In dimension 3 the dynamics on the critical set is Hamiltonian and then there are always infinitely many periodic orbits on the critical set if it is compact. Moreover it is proved that the dynamics of the \(b^m\)-Reeb flow contrasts the smooth case, namely traps exist in any dimension. Hofer's proof of the Weinstein conjecture with existence of overtwisted disk is extended to the non compact case with some additional trasversality conditions close to the boundary. Furthermore the dynamics on positive energy level-sets of the restricted planar circular 3 body problem are described by the flow of a \(b^3\)-Reeb vector field.

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