PFH spectral invariants and closing lemmas
arXiv:2110.02463
Abstract
We develop the theory of spectral invariants in periodic Floer homology (PFH) of area-preserving surface diffeomorphisms. We use this theory to prove closing lemmas for certain Hamiltonian isotopy classes of area-preserving surface diffeomorphisms. In particular, we show that for a -generic area-preserving diffeomorphism of the torus, the set of periodic points is dense. Our closing lemmas are quantitative, asserting roughly speaking that for a given Hamiltonian isotopy, within time a periodic orbit must appear of period . We also prove a "Weyl law" describing the asymptotic behavior of PFH spectral invariants.
v5: various minor corrections, clarifications, and expanded explanations in response to referee comments