The mean-value inequality for J-holomorphic curves #
Let V be a real inner product space and J : V → (V →L[ℝ] V) a C² family of linear maps with
J(x)² = -1, an almost complex structure on V written as a matrix-valued function, as in local
coordinates on an almost complex manifold. A map u : ℂ → V, with s + i t the coordinate on
ℂ, is J-holomorphic when it solves the Cauchy--Riemann equation ∂ₛu + J(u) ∂ₜu = 0, that is
∂ₜu = J(u) ∂ₛu. Here ∂ₛu = du(1) and ∂ₜu = du(i) are written fderiv ℝ u y 1 and
fderiv ℝ u y I. Since J(u)² = -1, this single equation says that du intertwines
multiplication by i with J(u); a curve that is TauCeti.IsJHolomorphicAt for the standard
complex structure of ℂ satisfies it (TauCeti.IsJHolomorphicAt.fderiv_I_eq).
The energy density ‖∂ₛu‖² of such a curve satisfies the differential inequality
Δ ‖∂ₛu‖² ≥ -A ‖∂ₛu‖⁴,
with A = 4ac + 2b² + 8a²b² whenever a, b, c bound J, its first derivative and its
second derivative along u. Differentiating the Cauchy--Riemann equation twice and using
J(u)² = -1 removes the third derivatives of u from Δ ∂ₛu. What remains is bounded by
‖∂ₛu‖³ and by ‖∂ₛu‖ times the second derivatives of u, and the positive term
2 ‖∇ ∂ₛu‖² in Δ ‖∂ₛu‖² absorbs the latter. For constant J the constant A vanishes and
‖∂ₛu‖² is subharmonic.
Fed into the two-dimensional mean-value inequality
TauCeti.mul_le_eight_mul_setIntegral_ball_of_neg_mul_sq_le_laplacian, this gives the
pointwise derivative bound for curves of small energy, the basic estimate behind bubbling and
Gromov compactness: if 8 A ∫_{B_r(z₀)} ‖∂ₛu‖² < π, then
π r² ‖∂ₛu(z₀)‖² ≤ 8 ∫_{B_r(z₀)} ‖∂ₛu‖².
For J that is C² on an open set containing a compact set K, one smallness threshold δ > 0
works for all curves with image in K. As ∂ₜu = J(u) ∂ₛu, these bounds control the full
derivative of u.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.IsJHolomorphicAt.fderiv_I_eq: aJ-holomorphic curve fromℂsatisfies∂ₜu = J(u) ∂ₛu.TauCeti.neg_mul_norm_fderiv_one_pow_four_le_laplacian: the differential inequalityΔ ‖∂ₛu‖² ≥ -A ‖∂ₛu‖⁴for aJ-holomorphic curve.TauCeti.pi_mul_sq_mul_norm_fderiv_one_sq_le_eight_mul_setIntegral_ball: the mean-value inequality forJ-holomorphic curves, with explicit constants.TauCeti.exists_pos_forall_pi_mul_sq_mul_norm_fderiv_one_sq_le_eight_mul_setIntegral_ball: the same with a smallness threshold that is uniform over curves with image in a compact set.
References #
- D. McDuff and D. Salamon, J-holomorphic Curves and Symplectic Topology, 2nd ed., AMS
Colloquium Publications 52, 2012, Section 4.3 (the mean-value inequality and its
application to the energy density of
J-holomorphic curves).
A curve that is J'-holomorphic at z for the standard complex structure of ℂ satisfies
the Cauchy--Riemann equation in the form ∂ₜu = J'(u) ∂ₛu used in this file.
The energy density of a J-holomorphic curve is almost subharmonic. Let u : ℂ → V be
C³ at z and solve the Cauchy--Riemann equation ∂ₜu = J(u) ∂ₛu near z, where J is C² at
u z with J(u z)² = -1. If a, b and c bound the norms of J, of its derivative and of its
second derivative at u z, then
Δ ‖∂ₛu‖² ≥ -(4ac + 2b² + 8a²b²) ‖∂ₛu‖⁴ at z.
The mean-value inequality for J-holomorphic curves. Let u : ℂ → V be C³ on the open
disk ball z₀ r, with ∂ₛu continuous on its closure, and solve the Cauchy--Riemann equation
∂ₜu = J(u) ∂ₛu on the disk. Suppose that on the disk J is C² along u, squares to -1, and
a, b, c bound the norms of J, of its derivative and of its second derivative along u. If
the energy ∫ ‖∂ₛu‖² over the disk is small, 8 (4ac + 2b² + 8a²b²) ∫ ‖∂ₛu‖² < π, then
‖∂ₛu(z₀)‖² is at most eight times its average over the disk:
π r² ‖∂ₛu(z₀)‖² ≤ 8 ∫_{B_r(z₀)} ‖∂ₛu‖².
The mean-value inequality for J-holomorphic curves in a compact set. Let J be C² on an
open set W containing a compact set K, with J(x)² = -1 on K. There is an energy threshold
δ > 0 such that every solution u of ∂ₜu = J(u) ∂ₛu that is C³ on the open disk
ball z₀ r, has ∂ₛu continuous on its closure, maps the disk into K and has energy
∫ ‖∂ₛu‖² < δ over it, satisfies π r² ‖∂ₛu(z₀)‖² ≤ 8 ∫_{B_r(z₀)} ‖∂ₛu‖².