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Dynamics, Holomorphic Curves and Foliations:

Using a PDE to solve an ODE problem

a

a B

B A

A

Chris Wendl, MIT

http://math.mit.edu/~wendlc/publications.html

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Outline

1. Hamiltonian dynamics. . . contact geometry 2. Pseudoholomorphic curves

3. Symplectizations and finite energy curves 4. Holomorphic foliations

References:

• Hofer, H. Holomorphic curves and real three- dimensional dynamics. Geom. Funct. Anal.

2000, Special Volume, Part II, 674–704.

• Wendl, C. Finite energy foliations on over- twisted contact manifolds.

Preprint SG/0611516.

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PART 1: Hamiltonian Dynamics. . . Contact Geometry

x = (q1, p1, q2, p2) ∈ R4

Hamiltonian function H : R4 R Equations of motion:

˙

qj = ∂H

∂pj, p˙j = −∂H

∂qj

In terms of a Hamiltonian vector field:

XH : R4 R4, x˙ = XH(x) Hamiltonian flow: ϕtH : R4 R4

Fact: ϕtH preserves level sets H1(c)

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Flow on Level Sets

For generic c, M := H−1(c) is a three-dimensional manifold.

Natural question: Does XH have any periodic orbits on M? (If so, how many?)

Theorem (P. Rabinowitz, 1978). : If M is a compact star-shaped hypersurface, then it has a periodic orbit.

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Contact Manifolds

M = an oriented 3-dimensional manifold

A contact structure ξ on M is a choice of oriented 2-planes ξx ⊂ TxM at every point x ∈ M, such that ξ is totally nonintegrable.

z

x

y

(M, ξ) = (M∼ 0, ξ0) means there is a diffeomor- phism ψ : M → M0 such that dψ(ξ) = ξ0.

Then ψ is a contactomorphism.

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Reeb Dynamics

Given (M, ξ), a Reeb vector field X is a vector field positively transverse to ξ such that the flow preserves ξ.

Example: M = H−1(c) ⊂ R4 a star-shaped energy surface, then M has a natural contact structure and XH is a Reeb vector field.

Conjecture (A. Weinstein ’78). Every Reeb vector field X on a compact contact manifold (M, ξ) admits a periodic orbit.

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Some Weinstein Conjecture History

• C. Viterbo ’87: true for all contact hy- persurfaces in R4

• H. Hofer ’93: true for all contact struc- tures on S3, or any M with π2(M) 6= 0, or any M if ξ is overtwisted

• C. Taubes ’06: true for all contact 3- manifolds

But how many?

• H. Hofer, K. Wysocki, E. Zehnder ’03: Generic compact star-shaped energy sur- faces in R4 admit either 2 or infinitely many periodic orbits!

Question: does any similar “2 or ∞” result hold for generic contact 3-manifolds?

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PART 2: Pseudoholomorphic Curves

Suppose u : C C is smooth.

Identify C = R2, so i = 0 −1 1 0

!

du(z) : TzR2 T

u(z)R2 is a 2-by-2 matrix Then u is analytic (holomorphic) iff

du(z) ◦ i = i ◦ du(z) for all z.

We define holomorphic maps u : Cn Cm the same way using

i =

0 −1 1 0

0 −1 1 0

. . .

0 −1 1 0

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W = an even-dimensional manifold

An almost complex structure J is a smooth family of linear maps J(x) : TxW → TxW with J(x)2 = −Id.

A map u : (W, J) → (W0, J0) is called pseudoholomorphic if

du(x) ◦ J(x) = J0(u(x)) ◦ du(x) for all x ∈ W.

If dim Σ = 2, (Σ, j) is a Riemann Surface, and u : (Σ, j) → (W, J) is a pseudoholomorphic (or J-holomorphic) curve.

embedded pseudoholomorphic curves

=∼

surfaces in W with J-invariant tangent spaces

M. Gromov ’85: These are useful in symplec- tic geometry.

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This isn’t complex analysis anymore. . .

In local coordinates (s, t) on Σ, du ◦ j = J ◦ du becomes

su + J(u)∂tu = 0, a nonlinear first-order elliptic PDE.

Douglis, Nirenberg ’55: The linearized oper- ator ¯∂ = ∂s + i∂t : W1,p → Lp satisfies

kvkW1,p ≤ Ck∂vk¯ Lp for all v ∈ C0(C,Cn).

Consequences: under certain assumptions, so- lution spaces are

• compact (bubbling off analysis)

• finite dimensional manifolds (Fredholm the- ory)

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Local Structure of Solution Spaces

Suppose u0 is a J-holomorphic curve.

Choose Banach spaces (or Banach manifolds) X and Y and a smooth map F : X → Y so that

• u0 ∈ X

• a map u near u0 is J-holomorphic iff F(u) = 0

The linearization DF(u0) : X → Y is defined by

F(u0 + h) = F(u0) + DF(u0)h + o(khk)

Suppose DF(u0) is surjective and has kernel of dimension N < ∞. Then the implicit function theorem ⇒ F1(0) is a smooth N-dimensional manifold.

N = the Fredholm index of DF(u0).

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PART 3: Symplectizations and Finite En- ergy Curves

Choose 3-dimensional (M, ξ), with Reeb X Let W = R × M, the symplectization of M

T(R × M) = (R RX) ξ Define J : R RX, ξ ξ.

If γ is a closed Reeb orbit, R × γ R × M is a J-holomorphic cylinder! (orbit cylinder)

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Cylinder = 2-punctured sphere:∼ R × S1 = C \ {0} ∼= S2 \ {0,∞}

Consider J-holomorphic curves u˜ = (a, u) : ˙Σ → R × M

where ˙Σ is a closed Riemann surface with finitely many punctures.

All such maps with finite energy are

asymptotically cylindrical at the punctures.

Existence of ˜u ⇒ Weinstein!

Bonus: if u : ˙Σ → M is embedded, it’s trans- verse to X.

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Index 2 planes

˜

u = (a, u) : C = S2 \ {∞} → R × M

Implicit function theorem

⇒ smooth 2-parameter family in R × M

⇒ projects to 1-parameter family t X in M.

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PART 4: Holomorphic Foliations

Fredholm theory ⇒ holomorphic curves appear in families

Compactness ⇒ families don’t go on forever

Open book decomposition of S3 (i.e. R3 S{∞}):

Return map is area-preserving.

Consequence: 2 or ∞.

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Theorem (Hofer, Wysocki, Zehnder ’03). Generic star-shaped energy surfaces in R4 admit finite energy foliations.

a

a B

B A

A

index 0: orbit cylinders index 1: rigid surfaces

index 2: 1-parameter families in M

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Theorem (W. ’05). Every overtwisted contact manifold has a Reeb vector field that admits a finite energy foliation.

Construct by Dehn surgery on S3:

Conjecture. This is true for generic Reeb vec- tor fields on overtwisted contact manifolds.

Rallying cry:

“If holomorphic curves are everywhere, it’s hard to kill them.”

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Homotopy of foliations: S1 × S2

C C

C

C

These are homotopic to each other.

But (conjecturally) not to this one:

B A

b b

A B

a a

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