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In the present chapter we discuss biinvariant Finsler metrics on the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms and define Hofer’s geometry.
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Polterovich, L. (2001). Introducing the Geometry. In: The Geometry of the Group of Symplectic Diffeomorphism. Lectures in Mathematics ETH Zürich. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8299-6_2
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