Let @math be a symplectic manifold, @math a coisotropic submanifold, and @math a compact oriented (real) surface. I define a natural Maslov index for each continuous map @math that sends every connected component of @math to some isotropic leaf of @math . This index is real valued and generalizes the usual Lagrangian Maslov index. The idea is to use the linear holonomy of the isotropic foliation of @math to compensate for the loss of boundary data in the case codimension @math . The definition is based on the Salamon-Zehnder (mean) Maslov index of a path of linear symplectic automorphisms. I prove a lower bound on the number of leafwise fixed points of a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism, if @math is geometrically bounded and @math is closed, regular (i.e. "fibering"), and monotone. As an application, we obtain a presymplectic non-embedding result. I also prove a coisotropic version of the Audin conjecture.
Assume that the action of @math on @math is free. Then by Lemma below @math is a closed, monotone regular coisotropic submanifold. Hence if @math is non-zero for some @math then it follows from Theorem that @math is not leafwise displaceable (and hence not displaceable). Thus in this case we obtain a stronger statement than in Theorem 1.7 in @cite_11 , provided that also @math .
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Let @math be a geometrically bounded symplectic manifold, @math be a closed, regular coisotropic submanifold, and @math be a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism. The main result of this article is that the number of leafwise fixed points of @math is bounded below by the sum of the Betti numbers of @math , provided that the Hofer distance between @math and the identity is small enough and the pair @math is non-degenerate. As an application, I prove a presymplectic non-embedding result. A version of the Arnold-Givental conjecture for coisotropic submanifolds is also discussed.