Lalonde–Polterovich bounded isometry conjecture

Let (M,ω)(M,\omega) be a symplectic manifold. Write Symp0(M)\operatorname{Symp}_0(M) for the identity component of the symplectomorphism group, and let BI(M){\rm BI}(M) be the normal subgroup of bounded symplectomorphisms. Define BI0(M)=BI(M)Symp0(M){\rm BI}_0(M)={\rm BI}(M)\cap\operatorname{Symp}_0(M). The Hamiltonian diffeomorphism group is a subgroup of BI0(M){\rm BI}_0(M). Lalonde–Polterovich bounded isometry conjecture.

BI0(M)=Ham(M,ω).{\rm BI}_0(M)={\rm Ham}(M,\omega).

This conjecture asks whether every bounded symplectomorphism in the identity component is Hamiltonian; it is the proposed extension of the Hofer metric from Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms to symplectomorphisms.

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Primary source

Guangcun Lu and Tie Sun, “A class of new bi-invariant metrics on the Hamiltonian diffeomorphism groups”, arXiv:1406.5878 (2014).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2007–2014). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:0705.0762.

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