The Flux Conjecture

Let (M,ω)(M,\omega) be a compact symplectic manifold. Write Symp(M,ω)0\operatorname{Symp}(M,\omega)_0 for the connected component of the identity in the symplectomorphism group, and let Ham(M,ω)\operatorname{Ham}(M,\omega) be the Hamiltonian diffeomorphism group.

Flux Conjecture. The subgroup Ham(M,ω)\operatorname{Ham}(M,\omega) is C1C^1 close in Symp(M,ω)0\operatorname{Symp}(M,\omega)_0; equivalently, it is C1C^1-closed there.

This is a classical conjecture attributed in the source to McDuff. Its formulation concerns the topology of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms inside the identity component of the symplectomorphism group; the supplied text does not state whether it has been resolved.

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Primary source

Benoît Joly, “The Calabi invariant for Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of the unit disk”, arXiv:2102.09352 (2021).

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