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The discussion centers on calculating the energy displacement of the 2n-dimensional cylinder Z^{2n}(r), asserting that it is at most πr². The participants reference Mcduff and Salamon's textbook, which suggests identifying a two-dimensional ball with a square of equal area to compute Hofer's metric, d_H(Id,ϕ). The metric is influenced by the Hamiltonian, which the original poster found challenging to determine. Ultimately, the poster discovered the solution in Poletrovich's textbook, highlighting the value of online resources for problem-solving.

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I want to show that the energy displacement of Z^{2n}(r), the 2n-dimensional cylinder with radial radius is at most \pi r^2.

In the textbook of Mcduff and Salamon they write that I should identify the two dimensional ball (with radius r) with a square of the same area, and then calculate Hofer's metric, d_H(Id,ϕ) where ϕ is a translation s.t ϕ(B2(r)×K)∩(B2(r)×K)=∅, where K \subset \mathbb{R}^{2n-2}.

I don't know how to calculate Hofer's metric, I mean it depends on the Hamiltonian here, and I don't know how does it look here?
Thanks in advance.
 
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