Max-min energy of pseudoholomorphic curves and periodic Reeb flows in dimension $3$

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Main Authors: Fernandes, Rafael, Ferreira, Brayan
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Ferreira, Brayan
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Ferreira, Brayan
contents In this paper, we make use of elementary spectral invariants given by the max-min energy of pseudoholomorphic curves, recently defined by Michael Hutchings, to study periodic $3$-dimensional Reeb flows. We prove that Zoll contact forms on $S^3$ are characterized by $c_1 = c_2 = \mathcal{A}_{\min}$. This follows from the spectral gap closing bound property and a computation of ECH spectral invariants for Zoll contact forms defined on Lens spaces $L(p,1)$ for $p\geq 1$. The former characterization fails for Lens spaces $L(p,1)$ with $p>1$. Nevertheless, we characterize Zoll contact forms on $L(p,1)$ in terms of ECH spectral invariants. Lastly, we note a characterization of Besse contact forms also holds for elementary spectral invariants analogously to the one obtained by Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner and Mazzucchelli.
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spellingShingle Max-min energy of pseudoholomorphic curves and periodic Reeb flows in dimension $3$
Fernandes, Rafael
Ferreira, Brayan
Symplectic Geometry
Dynamical Systems
53Dxx, 53E50, 34C25, 37C55
In this paper, we make use of elementary spectral invariants given by the max-min energy of pseudoholomorphic curves, recently defined by Michael Hutchings, to study periodic $3$-dimensional Reeb flows. We prove that Zoll contact forms on $S^3$ are characterized by $c_1 = c_2 = \mathcal{A}_{\min}$. This follows from the spectral gap closing bound property and a computation of ECH spectral invariants for Zoll contact forms defined on Lens spaces $L(p,1)$ for $p\geq 1$. The former characterization fails for Lens spaces $L(p,1)$ with $p>1$. Nevertheless, we characterize Zoll contact forms on $L(p,1)$ in terms of ECH spectral invariants. Lastly, we note a characterization of Besse contact forms also holds for elementary spectral invariants analogously to the one obtained by Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner and Mazzucchelli.
title Max-min energy of pseudoholomorphic curves and periodic Reeb flows in dimension $3$
topic Symplectic Geometry
Dynamical Systems
53Dxx, 53E50, 34C25, 37C55
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06496