
Abstract We describe a method, based on contact topology, of showing the existence of semi-infinite trajectories of contact Hamiltonian flows which start on one Legendrian submanifold and asymptotically converge to another Legendrian submanifold. We discuss a mathematical model of non-equilibrium thermodynamics where such trajectories play a role of relaxation processes, and illustrate our results in the case of the Glauber dynamics for the mean field Ising model.
82Cxx, 53Dxx, 37Jxx, Mathematics - Symplectic Geometry, FOS: Mathematics, Symplectic Geometry (math.SG), FOS: Physical sciences, Mathematical Physics (math-ph), Dynamical Systems (math.DS), Mathematics - Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Physics
82Cxx, 53Dxx, 37Jxx, Mathematics - Symplectic Geometry, FOS: Mathematics, Symplectic Geometry (math.SG), FOS: Physical sciences, Mathematical Physics (math-ph), Dynamical Systems (math.DS), Mathematics - Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Physics
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