The Conley conjecture

Abstract

We prove the Conley conjecture for a closed symplectically aspherical symplectic manifold: a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism of such a manifold has infinitely many periodic points. More precisely, we show that a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism with finitely many fixed points has simple periodic points of arbitrarily large period. This theorem generalizes, for instance, a recent result of Hingston establishing the Conley conjecture for tori.

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Authors

Viktor L. Ginzburg

Department of Mathematics
University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
United States