Group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms

ID: group-of-hamiltonian-diffeomorphisms

This group consists of time-one maps of Hamiltonian isotopies whose flows are defined throughout the specified time interval. With , composition of isotopies generated by has generator , where is the first isotopy. The inverse path has generator . These formulas prove closure under composition and inversion. On a closed symplectic manifold, every smooth time-dependent Hamiltonian has a complete flow over a bounded time interval.

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