A symplectic form on $M$: a smoothly varying nondegenerate skew-symmetric bilinear form $\omega_x : E \times E \to \mathbb{R}$ at each point.
- form : M → E → E → ℝ
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$\varphi : M \to M$ is a symplectomorphism if $\varphi^* \omega = \omega$, i.e. $\omega_{\varphi(x)}(d\varphi_x v, d\varphi_x w) = \omega_x(v, w)$.
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$x$ is a critical point of $f : M \to \mathbb{R}$ if $df_x = 0$.
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A $1$-form $\mu : M \to E^*$ is closed if its derivative is symmetric: $D\mu_x(v)(w) = D\mu_x(w)(v)$.
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$H^1(M, \mathbb{R}) = 0$: every smooth closed $1$-form on $M$ is exact, i.e. $\mu = dh$ for some smooth $h$.
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$\varphi$ is $C^1$-close to the identity: smooth, with $\|d\varphi_x - \mathrm{id}\| < 1$ at every point.
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Via the Weinstein tubular neighborhood theorem, a $C^1$-close symplectomorphism produces a closed $1$-form whose zeros are exactly the fixed points of $\varphi$.
Alias for the Weinstein identification bridge: produces a smooth closed $1$-form whose zero set coincides with the fixed-point set of $\varphi$.
When $H^1(M, \mathbb{R}) = 0$, a closed $1$-form $\mu$ is exact ($\mu = dh$), and its zeros are precisely the critical points of $h$.
For a compact $M$ with $H^1(M, \mathbb{R}) = 0$, a $C^1$-close symplectomorphism $\varphi$ produces a smooth function $h$ whose critical points are precisely the fixed points of $\varphi$.
Fermat's lemma on manifolds: the manifold derivative of $f$ vanishes at any local minimum.
Fermat's lemma on manifolds: the manifold derivative of $f$ vanishes at any local maximum.
Any smooth function on a nontrivial compact manifold has at least two distinct critical points (its global minimum and maximum).
Symplectomorphism fixed-point theorem (Theorem 1): for compact $(M, \omega)$ with $H^1(M, \mathbb{R}) = 0$, every symplectomorphism $C^1$-close to the identity has at least two distinct fixed points.