Lagrangian Poincaré recurrence conjecture

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Let (X,ω)(X,\omega) be a symplectic manifold, let ψ∈Ham⁡(X,ω)\psi\in\operatorname{Ham}(X,\omega), and let L⊂(X,ω)L\subset(X,\omega) be a closed Lagrangian submanifold. Lagrangian Poincaré recurrence conjecture. There exists a sequence ki→∞k_i\to\infty of natural numbers such that

ψki(L)∩L≠∅.\psi^{k_i}(L)\cap L\neq\varnothing.

Furthermore, the density of the sequence kik_i is related to a symplectic capacity of LL. The conjecture is disproved: counterexamples are known in all symplectic manifolds of dimensions at least six and in some symplectic manifolds of dimension four.

References

Primary source

Joé Brendel and Joontae Kim, “Lagrangian split tori in S^2 S^2 and billiards”, arXiv:2502.03324 (2025).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2017–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1812.00299, arXiv:1712.09766.

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