Contents of Volume 2 |
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Preface |
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PART 1 HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICS AND SYMPLECTIC GEOMETRY |
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1 The least action principle and Hamiltonian mechanics |
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3 | (18) |
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1.1 The Lagrangian action functional and its first variation |
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3 | (4) |
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1.2 Hamilton's action principle |
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7 | (1) |
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1.3 The Legendre transform |
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8 | (10) |
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1.4 Classical Poisson brackets |
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18 | (3) |
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2 Symplectic manifolds and Hamilton's equation |
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21 | (39) |
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21 | (3) |
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2.2 Symplectic forms and Darboux' theorem |
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24 | (13) |
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2.3 The Hamiltonian diffeomorphism group |
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37 | (8) |
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2.4 Banyaga's theorem and the flux homomorphism |
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45 | (7) |
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2.5 Calabi homomorphisms on open manifolds |
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52 | (8) |
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3 Lagrangian submanifolds |
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60 | (46) |
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60 | (2) |
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3.2 Symplectic linear algebra |
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62 | (9) |
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3.3 The Darboux--Weinstein theorem |
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71 | (3) |
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3.4 Exact Lagrangian submanifolds |
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74 | (3) |
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3.5 Classical deformations of Lagrangian submanifolds |
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77 | (5) |
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3.6 Exact Lagrangian isotopy = Hamiltonian isotopy |
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82 | (5) |
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3.7 Construction of Lagrangian submanifolds |
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87 | (9) |
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3.8 The canonical relation and the natural boundary condition |
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96 | (3) |
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3.9 Generating functions and Viterbo invariants |
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99 | (7) |
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106 | (24) |
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4.1 Symplectic librations and symplectic connections |
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106 | (4) |
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4.2 Hamiltonian libration |
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110 | (10) |
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4.3 Hamiltonian librations, connections and holonomies |
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120 | (10) |
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5 Hofer's geometry of Ham(M, Ω) |
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130 | (16) |
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5.1 Normalization of Hamiltonians |
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130 | (5) |
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5.2 Invariant norms on C∞ (M) and the Hofer length |
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135 | (2) |
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5.3 The Hofer topology of Ham (M, Ω) |
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137 | (2) |
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5.4 Nondegeneracy and symplectic displacement energy |
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139 | (4) |
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5.5 Hofer's geodesies on Ham (M, Ω) |
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143 | (3) |
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6 C°-Symplectic topology and Hamiltonian dynamics |
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146 | (31) |
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6.1 C° symplectic rigidity theorem |
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146 | (12) |
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6.2 Topological Hamiltonian flows and Hamiltonians |
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158 | (5) |
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6.3 Uniqueness of the topological Hamiltonian and its How |
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163 | (8) |
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6.4 The hameomorphism group |
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171 | (6) |
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PART 2 RUDIMENTS OF PSEUDOHOLOMORPHIC CURVES |
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177 | (20) |
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7.1 Natural connection on almost-Kahler manifolds |
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177 | (8) |
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7.2 Global properties of J-holomorphic curves |
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185 | (4) |
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7.3 Calculations of Δe(u) on shell |
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189 | (4) |
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193 | (4) |
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8 Local study of J-holomorphic curves |
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197 | (50) |
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8.1 Interior a-priori estimates |
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197 | (5) |
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8.2 Off-shell elliptic estimates |
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202 | (7) |
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8.3 Removing boundary contributions |
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209 | (3) |
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8.4 Proof of e-regularity and density estimates |
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212 | (9) |
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8.5 Boundary regularity of weakly J-holomorphic maps |
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221 | (6) |
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8.6 The removable singularity theorem |
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227 | (8) |
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8.7 Isoperimetric inequality and the monotonicity formula |
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235 | (4) |
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8.8 The similarity principle and the local structure of the image |
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239 | (8) |
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9 Gromov compactification and stable maps |
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247 | (76) |
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9.1 The moduli space of pseudoholomorphic curves |
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247 | (4) |
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9.2 Sachs--Uhlenbeck rescaling and bubbling |
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251 | (6) |
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9.3 Definition of stable curves |
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257 | (10) |
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9.4 Deformations of stable curves |
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267 | (24) |
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9.5 Stable map and stable map topology |
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291 | (32) |
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323 | (32) |
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10.1 A quick review of Banach manifolds |
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323 | (5) |
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10.2 Off-shell description of the moduli space |
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328 | (4) |
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10.3 Linearizations of ∂(j,J) |
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332 | (3) |
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10.4 Mapping transversality and linearization of ∂ |
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335 | (10) |
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10.5 Evaluation transversality |
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345 | (8) |
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10.6 The problem of negative multiple covers |
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353 | (2) |
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11 Applications to symplectic topology |
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355 | (22) |
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11.1 Gromov's non-squeezing theorem |
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356 | (8) |
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11.2 Nondegeneracy of the Hofer norm |
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364 | (13) |
References |
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377 | (15) |
Index |
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