Universal heterodimensional-cycle obstruction conjecture for convexity

Let (Σ,η)(\Sigma,\eta) be a contact Hamiltonian manifold, where η\eta is a contact Hamiltonian structure on Σ\Sigma. A heterodimensional cycle is a pair of heteroclinic trajectories between hyperbolic invariant sets, and it is positive-negative when it contains a retrograde heteroclinic from a negative hyperbolic invariant set to a positive hyperbolic invariant set. Universal heterodimensional-cycle obstruction conjecture. C2C^2-generically, such heteroclinic cycles are the universal obstruction to convexity. Equivalently, a C2C^2-generic contact Hamiltonian structure is either convex or has robust positive-negative heterodimensional cycles. The conjecture proposes that robust positive-negative heterodimensional cycles account for all generic failures of convexity; the paper indicates that such cycles provide a robust obstruction, while the claimed universality remains conjectural.

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Julian Chaidez, “Conformally symplectic topology from a dynamical viewpoint”, arXiv:2607.03019 (2026).

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