Partially ordered groups and geometry of contact transformations
Partially ordered groups and geometry of contact transformations
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接触变换的偏序群和几何
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1999
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通讯作者:
L. Polterovich
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Y. Eliashberg;L. Polterovich
Abstract. We prove that, for a class of contact manifolds, the universal cover of the group of contact diffeomorphisms carries a natural partial order. It leads to a new viewpoint on geometry and dynamics of contactomorphisms. It gives rise to invariants of contactomorphisms which generalize the classical notion of the rotation number. Our approach is based on tools of Symplectic Topology.