KNOTS AND LINKS IN INTEGRABLE HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS

1998 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 123-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. CASASAYAS ◽  
J. MARTINEZ ALFARO ◽  
A. NUNES
Keyword(s):  
Periodic Orbits ◽  
Hamiltonian Systems ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Solid Torus ◽  
Integrable Hamiltonian Systems ◽  
Hamiltonian Flows ◽  
Smale Flows ◽  
Knots And Links

The main purpose of this paper is to prove that Bott integrable Hamiltonian flows and non-singular Morse-Smale flows are closely related. As a consequence, we obtain a classification of the knots and links formed by periodic orbits of Bott integrable Hamiltonians on the 3-sphere and on the solid torus. We also show that most of Fomenko's theory on the topology of the energy levels of Bott integrable Hamiltonians can be derived from Morgan's results on 3-manifolds that admit non-singular Morse-Smale flows.

Topology of ambient manifolds of non-singular Morse – Smale flows with three periodic orbits

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 863-868
Author(s):  
Danila Shubin ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Periodic Orbits ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Solid Torus ◽  
Lens Space ◽  
Tubular Neighborhood ◽  
Lens Spaces ◽  
Ambient Manifold ◽  
Orientable Manifold ◽  
Smale Flows ◽  
Published Result

The purpose of this study is to establish the topological properties of three-dimensional manifolds which admit Morse – Smale flows without fixed points (non-singular or NMS-flows) and give examples of such manifolds that are not lens spaces. Despite the fact that it is known that any such manifold is a union of circular handles, their topology can be investigated additionally and refined in the case of a small number of orbits. For example, in the case of a flow with two non-twisted (having a tubular neighborhood homeomorphic to a solid torus) orbits, the topology of such manifolds is established exactly: any ambient manifold of an NMS-flow with two orbits is a lens space. Previously, it was believed that all prime manifolds admitting NMS-flows with at most three non-twisted orbits have the same topology. Methods. In this paper, we consider suspensions over Morse – Smale diffeomorphisms with three periodic orbits. These suspensions, in turn, are NMS-flows with three periodic trajectories. Universal coverings of the ambient manifolds of these flows and lens spaces are considered. Results. In this paper, we present a countable set of pairwise distinct simple 3-manifolds admitting NMS-flows with exactly three non-twisted orbits. Conclusion. From the results of this paper it follows that there is a countable set of pairwise distinct three-dimensional manifolds other than lens spaces, which refutes the previously published result that any simple orientable manifold admitting an NMS-flow with at most three orbits is lens space.

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