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Hamiltonian loops from the ergodic point of view

Leonid Polterovich (1999)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

Let G be the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of a closed symplectic manifold Y . A loop h : S 1 G is called strictly ergodic if for some irrational number the associated skew product map T : S 1 × Y S 1 × Y defined by T ( t , y ) = ( t + α ; h ( t ) y ) is strictly ergodic. In the present paper we address the following question. Which elements of the fundamental group of G can be represented by strictly ergodic loops? We prove existence of contractible strictly ergodic loops for a wide class of symplectic manifolds (for instance for simply connected...

Immersed spheres in symplectic 4-manifolds

Dusa McDuff (1992)

Annales de l'institut Fourier

We discuss conditions under which a symplectic 4-manifold has a compatible Kähler structure. The theory of J -holomorphic embedded spheres is extended to the immersed case. As a consequence, it is shown that a symplectic 4-manifold which has two different minimal reductions must be the blow-up of a rational or ruled surface.

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