PFH spectral invariants and $C^\infty$ closing lemmas

Abstract

We develop the theory of spectral invariants in periodic Floer homology (PFH) of area-preserving surface diffeomorphisms. We use this theory to prove $C^\infty$ closing lemmas for certain Hamiltonian isotopy classes of area-preserving surface diffeomorphisms. In particular, we show that for a $C^\infty$-generic area-preserving diffeomorphism of the torus, the set of periodic points is dense. Our closing lemmas are quantitative, asserting roughly speaking that for a given Hamiltonian isotopy, within time $\delta$ a periodic orbit must appear of period $O(\delta^{-1})$. We also prove a "Weyl law" describing the asymptotic behavior of PFH spectral invariants.