Let @math be a symplectic manifold, @math a coisotropic submanifold, and @math a compact oriented (real) surface. I define a natural Maslov index for each continuous map @math that sends every connected component of @math to some isotropic leaf of @math . This index is real valued and generalizes the usual Lagrangian Maslov index. The idea is to use the linear holonomy of the isotropic foliation of @math to compensate for the loss of boundary data in the case codimension @math . The definition is based on the Salamon-Zehnder (mean) Maslov index of a path of linear symplectic automorphisms. I prove a lower bound on the number of leafwise fixed points of a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism, if @math is geometrically bounded and @math is closed, regular (i.e. "fibering"), and monotone. As an application, we obtain a presymplectic non-embedding result. I also prove a coisotropic version of the Audin conjecture.
@cite_1: We define the Maslov index of a loop tangent to the characteristic foliation of a coisotropic submanifold as the mean Conley--Zehnder index of a path in the group of linear symplectic transformations, incorporating the "rotation" of the tangent space of the leaf -- this is the standard Lagrangian counterpart -- and the holonomy of the characteristic foliation. Furthermore, we show that, with this definition, the Maslov class rigidity extends to the class of the so-called stable coisotropic submanifolds including Lagrangian tori and stable hypersurfaces.
In his recent paper @cite_1 (Theorem 1.5) V. L. Ginzburg proved an upper bound on the minimal Maslov number of a closed, stable, displaceable coisotropic submanifold.