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In this paper we continue investigating connections between Floer theory and dynamics of Hamiltonian systems, focusing on the barcode entropy of Reeb flows. Barcode entropy is the exponential growth rate of the number of not-too-short bars in the Floer or symplectic homology persistence module. The key novel result is that the barcode entropy is bounded from below by the topological entropy of any hyperbolic invariant set. This, combined with the fact that the topological entropy bounds the barcode entropy from above, established by Fender, Lee and Sohn, implies that in dimension three the two types of entropy agree. The main new ingredient of the proof is a variant of the Crossing Energy Theorem for Reeb flows.
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Topological entropy of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms: a persistence homology and Floer theory perspective
We study topological entropy of compactly supported Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms from a perspective of persistent homology and Floer theory. We introduce barcode entropy, a Floer-theoretic invariant of a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism, measuring exponential growth under iterations of the number of not-too-short bars in the barcode of the Floer complex. We prove that the barcode entropy is bounded from above by the topological entropy and, conversely, that the barcode entropy is bounded from below by the topological entropy of any hyperbolic invariant set, e.g., a hyperbolic horseshoe. As a consequence, we conclude that for Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of surfaces the barcode entropy is equal to the topological entropy.
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- PAR ID:
- 10630083
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Mathematische Zeitschrift
- Volume:
- 308
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 0025-5874
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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