Dehn-Seidel twist, $C^0$ symplectic topology and barcodes

Abstract

We initiate the study of the $C^0$ symplectic mapping class group, i.e. the group of isotopy classes of symplectic homeomorphisms. We prove that none of the different powers of the square of the Dehn-Seidel twist belong to the same connected component of the group of symplectic homeomorphisms of certain Liouville domains. This generalizes to the $C^0$ setting a celebrated result of Seidel. In other words, we obtain the non-triviality of the $C^0$ symplectic mapping class group in these domains and in fact an element of infinite order. For that purpose, we develop a method coming from Floer theory and the theory of barcodes. This builds on recent developments of $C^0$-symplectic topology. In particular, we adapt and generalize to our context results by Buhovsky-Humilière-Seyfaddini and Kislev-Shelukhin.

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