Abstract
Given a symplectic surface (σ,ω) of genus g ≥ 4, we show that the free group with two generators embeds into every asymptotic cone of (Ham(σ,ω),dH), where dH is the Hofer metric. The result stabilizes to products with symplectically aspherical manifolds.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 467-498 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Journal of Topology and Analysis |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2019 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Analysis
- Geometry and Topology
Keywords
- Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms
- Hofer's metric
- asymptotic cones
- egg beater map
- embeddings of free groups