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Length minimizing Hamiltonian paths for symplectically aspherical manifolds

Ely Kerman·Francois Lalonde
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In this paper we consider the length minimizing properties of Hamiltonian paths generated by quasi-autonomous Hamiltonians on symplectically aspherical manifolds. Motivated by the work of L. Polterovich and M. Schwarz, we study the role of the fixed global extrema in the Floer complex of the generating Hamiltonian. Our main result determines a natural condition on a fixed global maximum of a Hamiltonian which implies that the corresponding path minimizes the positive Hofer length. We use this to prove that a quasi-autonomous Hamiltonian generates a length minimizing path if it has under-twisted fixed global extrema and no periodic orbits with period one and action greater than the fixed extrema. This, in turn, allows us to produce new examples of autonomous Hamiltonian flows which are length minimizing for all times. These constructions are based on the geometry of coisotropic submanifolds. Finally, we give a new proof of the recent theorem of D. McDuff which states that quasi-autonomous Hamiltonians generate length minimizing paths over short time intervals.

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Ely Kerman, Francois Lalonde. 2003-01-13. Length minimizing Hamiltonian paths for symplectically aspherical manifolds. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0206220

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