Read-back: FiniteEnergyPlane.isSeqCompact_fastPlaneSetL
Ambient notation. Work in V=R4 with coordinates y0,y1,y2,y3 (the dimension 2(n+1) with n=1). Let ω0(u,v)=u0v1−u1v0+u2v3−u3v2, λx(v)=21ω0(x,v), j0(v)=(−v1,v0,−v3,v2), (∇H(x))k=dHx(ek), and XH=j0∇H=(−∂1H,∂0H,−∂3H,∂2H). The Reeb field is RH(x)=λx(XH(x))−1XH(x) (with 0−1=0). Write ξx={v:λx(v)=0, dHx(v)=0} and SH={H=1}.
- Strictly star-shaped level H: H is C∞; every u=0 has exactly one r>0 with H(ru)=1; dHx(x)>0 whenever H(x)=1.
- Compatible ξ-structure J: J:V→End(V) is C∞, and for every x∈SH and v,w∈ξx: J(x)v∈ξx, J(x)2v=−v, ω0(v,J(x)v)>0 if v=0, ω0(J(x)v,J(x)w)=ω0(v,w). Nothing is required off SH or outside ξx.
- Scaling, projection, a-coordinate. sH(y) is some r>0 with H(ry)=1 if one exists (chosen by choice), otherwise 1; πH(y)=sH(y)y; aH(y)=−21logsH(y). As sH>0 always, e−2aH(y)=sH(y), so e−2aH(y)y=πH(y).
- J~: for y∈V, with x=πH(y), r=sH(y), α(v)=2dHx(x)rdHx(v), β(v)=rλx(v), w(v)=v−2α(v)y−β(v)r−1RH(x): J~(y)v=α(v)r−1RH(x)−2β(v)y+J(x)w(v).
- Derivatives. For f on C: ∂sf(z)=Df(z)[1], ∂tf(z)=Df(z)[i] (real Fréchet derivative; 0 where not differentiable).
- Energies. Admissible φ: C∞, non-decreasing, values in [0,1]. With a=aH∘u, w=πH∘u and eφ=φ′(a)(∂saλw(∂tw)−∂taλw(∂sw))+φ(a)ω0(∂sw,∂tw), the energy is EH(U,u)=supφ∫Umax(eφ,0)∈[0,∞], and the dλ-energy is EHdλ(U,u)=∫Umax(ω0(∂sw,∂tw),0)∈[0,∞] (Lebesgue measure; negative parts of the densities are cut off before integrating).
- Finite-energy curve on U: u:C→V is C∞ on U, u(z)=0 on U, at every z∈U it is differentiable with ∂su(z)+J~(u(z))∂tu(z)=0, and EH(U,u)<∞.
- Reeb orbit Q: a map xQ:R→V and a number TQ>0 with xQ(τ)∈SH, xQ′(τ)=RH(xQ(τ)), xQ(τ+TQ)=xQ(τ). TQ is any period, not necessarily minimal, so multiple covers count as separate orbits. Q is prime if xQ(τ)=xQ(0) for 0<τ<TQ. Q is nondegenerate if for every Φ:R→End(V) with Φ(0)=id and Φ′(τ)=DRH(xQ(τ))∘Φ(τ) for all τ, every v∈ξxQ(0) with Φ(TQ)v=v is 0.
- Hamiltonian periodic orbits and the index μ. A Hamiltonian periodic orbit R of a function G on R4 is xR:R→R4, TR>0 with xR′=XG(xR), G(xR)=1, xR(t+TR)=xR(t). A linearized flow along xR is Y:R→End(R4) with Y(0)=id, Y′(t)=DXG(xR(t))∘Y(t). With Q1x=(−x2,x3,x0,−x1), Q2x=(x3,x2,−x1,−x0), ∣x∣ the Euclidean norm, set F1(x)=∣x∣−1(Q2x−dGx(x)dGx(Q2x)x), F2(x)=∣x∣−1(Q1x−dGx(x)dGx(Q1x)x) (division by 0 read as multiplication by 0), the coordinates cx(v)=(ω0(v,F2(x)), ω0(F1(x),v))∈R2, and px(v)=v−λx(XG(x))λx(v)XG(x). The linearized ξ-path is the 2×2 matrix path
ϕR,Y(τ)=[cxR(TRτ)(pxR(TRτ)(Y(TRτ)Fj(xR(0))))]j=1,2(column j).
For a 2×2 matrix path ϕ, an angle lift from s is θ:R→R, continuous on [0,1], with θ(0)=s and, for each t∈[0,1], ϕ(t)(coss,sins)=r(cosθ(t),sinθ(t)) for some r>0. Let I(ϕ)={(θ(1)−s)/(2π):s∈[0,2π], θ an angle lift from s}, a=infI(ϕ), b=supI(ϕ) (real infimum/supremum, which take the value 0 when I(ϕ) is empty or unbounded on that side), and
μ(ϕ)={2(⌈b⌉−1)2⌈b⌉−1if a≤⌈b⌉−1,otherwise.
- "CZ index at least m" for a Reeb orbit Q of H: for every Hamiltonian periodic orbit R of G=H with xR(R)=xQ(R) and TQ=∫0TRλxR(τ)(xR′(τ))dτ, and every linearized flow Y along xR, m≤μ(ϕR,Y). (Vacuous if no such R exists.)
- Cylindrical end at infinity e∞(s,t)=e2πse2πit, with W(s,t)=πH(u(e∞(s,t))), A(s,t)=aH(u(e∞(s,t))). u has a nondegenerate end at ∞ asymptotic to Q if there are d,c∈R, b>0 with supt∣A(s,t)−TQs−d∣→0 and suptebs∣W(s,t)−xQ(TQt+c)∣→0 as s→+∞.
- Winding and zero index. A loop f:R→C has winding k∈Z if it is continuous, 1-periodic, never 0, and f(t)=∣f(t)∣eiθ(t) for some continuous θ with θ(1)−θ(0)=2πk. f:C→C has zero index m at z0 if f(z0)=0 and for some r>0, f=0 on 0<∣z−z0∣≤r and every loop t↦f(z0+ρe2πit), ρ∈(0,r), has winding m.
- Πu: with ζx(v)=ω0(v,F2(x))+iω0(F1(x),v) (the frame Fj built from G=H) and πxξ(v)=v−λx(v)RH(x), put Πu(z)=ζp(πpξ(∂s(πH∘u)(z))) with p=πH(u(z)).
- Fast plane: u is a finite-energy curve on all of C; there is a prime Reeb orbit Q such that u has a nondegenerate end at ∞ asymptotic to Q; and the zero set of Πu in C is a finite set Z for which there are integers idx(z), each the zero index of Πu at z, with ∑z∈Zidx(z)=0.
- The set F(P,K,γ) (for a Reeb orbit P, K⊆V, γ∈R): all u:C→V that are fast planes, have a nondegenerate end at ∞ asymptotic to P, satisfy u(0)∈K, and satisfy EHdλ({∣z∣>1},u)=max(γ,0).
- Cloc∞ convergence on O⊆C: fk→g means that for every compact K′⊆O and every m∈N, the m-th iterated real Fréchet derivatives Dmfk converge to Dmg uniformly on K′ (the iterated derivatives are total functions, defined at every point).
- Sequential Cloc∞-compactness of a set A of maps C→V: for every sequence (uk) in A there are a strictly increasing φ:N→N and v∈A with uφ(k)→v in Cloc∞ on all of C.
Common hypotheses. H:R4→R is a strictly star-shaped level function and J is a compatible ξ-structure. P is a Reeb orbit of H such that every Reeb orbit Q with TQ≤TP (including P itself and all multiple covers with period ≤TP) is nondegenerate and has CZ index at least 3 in the sense above. γ∈R satisfies γ>0, γ<TQ for every Reeb orbit Q with TQ≤TP, and γ<∣TQ1−TQ2∣ for all Reeb orbits Q1,Q2 with TQ1,TQ2≤TP and TQ1=TQ2. K⊆R4 is compact with 0∈/K (K=∅ is allowed).
Statement. Under the common hypotheses, let L∈R be arbitrary (any sign). Let
FL(P,K,γ)={u∈F(P,K,γ):aH(u(z))≥−L for every z∈C}.
Then FL(P,K,γ) is sequentially Cloc∞-compact: every sequence (uk) in FL(P,K,γ) has a strictly increasing subsequence uφ(k) that converges in Cloc∞ on all of C to some v∈FL(P,K,γ).
Remarks on the literal content. The limit v is required to lie in FL itself, i.e. to be a fast plane with a nondegenerate end at ∞ asymptotic to the same P, with v(0)∈K, EHdλ({∣z∣>1},v)=γ, and aH∘v≥−L. If FL(P,K,γ) is empty (for instance K=∅), the statement holds vacuously. No hypothesis relates K to the image of xP.
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