Symplectic Stokes on a finite-energy punctured disc #
The symplectic area of a finite-energy map on a punctured disc equals the action of its outer
boundary loop for the primitive λₓ(v) = ½ ω(x, v). No extension, bounded image, or boundary
decay at the puncture is assumed. In particular this identity applies before removal of a
singularity has been proved. Both results hold in any finite-dimensional real normed space.
The vanishing-action result requires C¹ regularity near the punctured closed disc and a
square-integrable differential. The Stokes identity requires C² regularity there, including
the outer boundary. For a J-holomorphic map, this area identity is the input to the radial
energy-decay argument in removal of singularities. For a map which is C² on the whole closed
disc the energy is automatically finite, which gives Stokes' formula on the closed disc
(TauCeti.SymplecticForm.integral_fderiv_apply_closedBall, and in the real coordinates
ℝ × ℝ ≃ ℂ, TauCeti.SymplecticForm.integral_fderiv_apply_preimage_closedBall).
References #
- D. McDuff and D. Salamon, J-holomorphic Curves and Symplectic Topology, 2nd ed., Sections 4.4 and 4.5.
Finite energy gives a sequence of shrinking circles whose symplectic boundary actions tend to zero. No boundedness or extension of the map at the puncture is required.
Stokes' formula on a finite-energy punctured disc. The integral of the pullback of a constant symplectic form equals the outer boundary action. The value of the map at the puncture is unrestricted, and the map need not be holomorphic.
Stokes' formula on a closed disc. For a map which is C² at every point of the closed
disc ‖z - z₀‖ ≤ b, the integral over the disc of the pullback of a constant symplectic form is
half the integral of ω(u, ∂_θ u) along the boundary circle.
Stokes' formula on a closed disc, in real coordinates. For a map u : ℝ × ℝ → V which is
C² at every point of the preimage of the closed disc ‖z - z₀‖ ≤ b under ℝ × ℝ ≃ ℂ, the
symplectic area of u over this preimage is half the integral of ω(u, ∂_θ u) along the
boundary circle.