Reeb dynamics detects odd balls

• Hansjörg Geiges ^[1] ; Kai Zehmisch ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Cologne

     University of Cologne

     Kreisfreie Stadt Köln, Alemania

     
  2. [2] WWU Münster, Münster, Germany. Mathematisches Institut
• Localización: Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di scienze, ISSN 0391-173X, Vol. 15, Nº Extra 1 (Special volume), 2016, págs. 663-681
• Idioma: inglés
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  • We give a dynamical characterisation of odd-dimensional balls within the class of all contact manifolds whose boundary is a standard even-dimensional sphere. The characterisation is in terms of the non-existence of short periodic Reeb orbits.