The Hofer-distance conjecture for commutator-length strata

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Let (M,ω)(M,\omega) be a symplectic manifold, let DiffHam(M){\rm Diff}_{\rm Ham}(M) denote the Hamiltonian diffeomorphism group, and let DiffHamk(M){\rm Diff}_{\rm Ham}^k(M) be the subspace of diffeomorphisms whose commutator length is at most kk. For ϕ∈DiffHam(M)\phi\in{\rm Diff}_{\rm Ham}(M), let ∥ϕ∥k\|\phi\|_k be the associated seminorm defined using Hamiltonian fibrations over surfaces with at most kk handles. Hofer-distance conjecture. The distance, in the usual Hofer norm, between ϕ\phi and DiffHamk(M){\rm Diff}_{\rm Ham}^k(M) is equal to ∥ϕ∥k\|\phi\|_k.

This conjecture relates the fibration-based seminorms to the Hofer geometry of the commutator-length filtration. The source says that it is studied in the cited work, while the supplied text gives no resolution evidence.

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Francois Lalonde, “A field theory for symplectic fibrations over surfaces”, arXiv:math/0309335 (2004).

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