Weinstein's conjecture for rotational Beltrami flows

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a Riemannian three-manifold. A rotational Beltrami flow is a smooth steady-state flow whose vector field is parallel to its curl; here smooth means CC^\infty. A closed orbit is a periodic flowline.

Hydrodynamical Weinstein conjecture. Every smooth rotational Beltrami flow on a Riemannian three-manifold has a closed orbit.

Via the correspondence between nonsingular Beltrami fields and Reeb fields, this is the hydrodynamical formulation of the Weinstein conjecture. The paper derives the claim on S3S^3 from Hofer's theorem and presents the general statement as a conjecture.

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J. Etnyre and R. Ghrist, “Contact Topology and Hydrodynamics”, arXiv:dg-ga/9708011 (1997).

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