Eliashberg–Gromov rigidity theorem

ID: eliashberg-gromov-rigidity-theorem

A locally uniform limit of symplectomorphisms that is a smooth diffeomorphism is symplectic. By capacity preservation under uniform limits and linear capacity rigidity, its derivative is symplectic or anti-symplectic. Repeat this argument after taking the product of every map with the identity on a symplectic plane. An anti-symplectic derivative on the original factor and a symplectic derivative on the added factor would give neither sign on the product, a contradiction. The argument uses symplectic capacities in the original and stabilized dimensions.

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