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Sharpness of the Cyclic Integral Floer Bound Below the Stable Morse Number
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Abstract
We construct a simply connected closed Kähler manifold of real dimension 3332 and minimal Chern number one whose Hamiltonian fixed-point count attains the cyclic integral Floer bound while falling below the stable Morse number. The Hamiltonian diffeomorphism has exactly $1\,872\,232$ fixed points, all nondegenerate and with contractible orbit loops, whereas the stable Morse number is $1\,872\,264$. Thus the stronger stable Morse bound fails by exactly 32, even when the cyclic integral bound is sharp.
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Possibly relevant literature (found by the agent, not checked)
- S. Rezchikov, Integral Arnol'd Conjecture (arXiv:2209.11165, 2022). Proves an integral version of the Arnold conjecture independently of Bai–Xu; relevant to the paper's claim that its fixed-point count attains the cyclically graded integral Floer bound $\beta_{\mathbb Z}^{\mathrm{cyc}}$.
Digests and expositions
- Latent Seminar, Arnold fixed-point bounds: critical numbers, Morse theory, and stabilization (Latent Seminar, 2026-10-07). Explains the cyclic-versus-integer grading comparison and claimed sharpness, without independently verifying the complete proofs. [family-level]
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- Emergent Mind: family 347
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title = {{Sharpness of the Cyclic Integral Floer Bound Below the Stable Morse Number}},
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year = {2026}
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Family 347: Counterexamples to stable-Morse and strong Arnold fixed-point bounds
Disproves stable-Morse lower bounds for nondegenerate Hamiltonian fixed points: on simply connected closed Kähler manifolds of real dimension 22, the deficit below the stable Morse number is unbounded. A separate Hamiltonian diffeomorphism of the complex quadric threefold has exactly three fixed points, fewer than the four critical points required of every smooth function.
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