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Roadmap to Floer homotopy theory?

I am a young postdoc working in symplectic topology. Recently I became intrigued by Floer homotopy, especially after seeing it had been applied to classical questions in symplectic topology. (e.g. ...
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Roadmap to understanding Gromov's Non-squeezing theorem

I'm a graduate student starting out to venture into the areas of Symplectic Geometry/Topology, and was somewhat motivated by the essence of Gromov's non-squeezing theorem which in a sense made me feel ...
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Words and ranks

Let me state two problems that look very much alike. The first one can be solved putting together answers that different people have given to some questions I asked here a few weeks ago. The second ...
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Pseudocycle definition of open Gromov-Witten invariants

I decided my original question was unnecessarily long, and have edited to simply ask the desired question directly (the below is much more direct than my original post, though it may seem just as long!...
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SFT gluing on chain level in Floer homology?

I came across a new type of gluing in the FOOO paper http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.1660 (maybe not so new to experts). The situation is as follows: one considers a relative (to lagrangian) class and ...
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On exotic symplectic structures of smooth closed 4-manifolds

What are some known techniques and examples of exotic symplectic structures on a fixed smooth closed 4-manifolds [by exotic I mean two symplectic structures that are not symplectomorphic]. This sounds ...
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Finding basis of cohomology of a symplectic manifold by using Symplectic Minimal Model Program

My question is about Floer theory via symplectic surgery of Minimal Model program for finding basis of cohomology. Motivation: Perelman for solving Thurston's Geometrization Conjecture used some sort ...
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Reference request: Liouville integrability of a torus action of small dimension on a symplectic manifold

Consider a hamiltonian toric acion on a connected real symplectic manifold of dimension 2n. The dimension of the torus, which we denote by $k$, may be less than $n$. The generators of the action will ...
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Kahler property and finite covering

Let $(M,\omega)$ be a compact symplectic manifold and $\pi:\tilde M\to M$ a finite covering. Clearly $(\tilde M,\pi^*\omega)$ is a compact symplectic manifold. Suppose we know that $(\tilde M,\pi^*\...
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Computation of the Fredhom index in Floer theory

I have been reading Salamon's lecture notes on Floer homology, and to compute the Fredholm index of operators they use the fact that the spectral flow of $A(s)$ is the Fredholm index. Now in the proof ...
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Hamiltonian dynamics on cotangent bundle

I'm stuck with the following claim made in Section 13.1 of Y-G. Oh's book "Symplectic topology and Floer homology". Assume that $N$ is a differential manifold and $S_0 ,S_1\subseteq N$ two ...
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Maslov index of pair of paths in $\mathcal{L}(2n)$ and its relation with the Maslov index of a loop in $\mathcal{L}(2n)$

I'm reading [RS] and I was wondering what kind of connection there is between the Maslov index for a pair of paths $\lambda_0,\lambda_1 \colon [a,b] \to \mathcal{L}(2n)$ as defined in [RS] and the ...
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A clarification in the definition of Seidel's absolute Maslov index for a pair of transverse Lagrangians

I'm reading Seidel's paper Graded Lagrangian submanifolds where he introduces the absolute Maslov index of a pair of graded lagrangians as follows: Let $\mathcal{L}(V,\beta)$ be the Lagrangian ...
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Is every contractible open bounded domain in $\mathbb R^{2n}$ symplecomorphic to a star-shaped domain?

In Hofer & Zehnder's book "Symplectic Invariants and Hamiltonian Dynamics" (Page 99) they present an example of a star shaped domain (bounded, with smooth boundary) in the shape of a "Bordeaux ...
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Handle attachment in symplectic category

It is known that for an exact symplectic manifold $(M,\omega_M)$ with a convex boundary $(\partial M,\theta_M)$, where $d\theta_M=\omega_M$ (usually called a Liouville domain), one can attachment to ...
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Is the wrapped Fukaya category a symplectomorphism invariant?

Say, let $\phi\colon W_1\to W_2$ be a symplectomorphism of Weinstein manifolds(or with stronger assumption that $W_1$ is Liouville homotopic equivalent to $W_2$, but with non-compact support), do they ...
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Legendrian surgery and invertible elements in zeroth degree symplectic cohomology

Is there anything known about the relation between Legendrian handle attachment and invertible elements in $\mathit{SH}^0(M)$? As the simplest interesting case, take $M_0$ to be the cotangent bundle $...
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Is there a simply connected contact manifold, "non-exactly" fillable, cappable, such that the whole thing is symplectically aspherical?

Is there an example of a simply connected contact manifold W, with a non exact symplectic filling $M_1$, (that is, $M_1$ is a symplectic manifold, with contact boundary $W$ and a Liouville vector ...
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Lagrangian foliation for a holomorphic symplectic manifold

I am interested in gathering as many examples as possible for Lagrangian foliations of holomorphically symplectic manifolds $(X, \omega)$, where $X$ is a $2n$-dimensional complex manifold equipped ...
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The structure of Banach manifolds in symplectic geometry

Let $M$ be a symplectic manifold, and let $L_0$ and $L_1$ be Lagrangian submanifolds which transverse to each other. In Floer theory, we need to consider a Banach manifold $\mathcal B$ of maps $u:\...
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Grading in Lagrangian Floer homology

What are the conditions on a symplectic manifold (M,w) and on a Lagrangian submanifold L so that Lagrangian Floer complex CF(L, f(L)) is Z-graded? Here f is a compactly supported Hamiltonian isotopy. ...
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Complex but not Symplectic

For every even integer $n>2$, does there exist a smooth $n$ dimensional manifold $M$ that admits a complex structure but not a symplectic one?
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Symplectic sum and Symplectic cut

The symplectic sum of Gompf and the symplectic cut of Lerman are known to be inverse of each other, in the sense that if you apply one of these first and the other one afterward, you obtain the ...
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What are known properties of the boundary curves of J-holomorphic curve with boundary

Suppose $\Sigma$ be a punctured Riemann surface with punctured boundary, and $(M, J)$ be a $2n$-manifold with almost complex structure $J$. Let $L$ be a totally real submanifolds of $M$ in smooth ...
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Writting the Floer map in local coordinates using the exponential chart

Following Salamon's Notes in Floer Homology , consider the Floer equation $$\mathcal{F}(u):=\partial_su+J_t(\partial_tu+\nabla H_t(u))=0$$ Then we can write in local coordinates $$\mathcal \Phi_u^{-1}(...
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Mixed characteristic in symplectic geometry

Are there any mixed-characteristic phenomena in symplectic geometry/mirror symmetry? There are papers on symplectic geometry by Abouzaid (inspired by Kontsevich--Soibelman, I believe) in which there ...
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Pairs of J-holomorphic curves

Let $(M, \omega)$ be a symplectic 4-manifold and let $A$ and $B$ be symplectic submanifolds on M such that $A \cap B = p \in M$.Under what conditions can I find a $\omega$-compatible almost complex ...
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Diffeomorphism of $ \mathbb{C}P^2 \# ~\overline{\mathbb{C}P^2}$

I am currently reading Dusa McDuff's paper "Blow ups and symplectic embedding in dimension 4" and had a few questions regarding the paper. In the paper McDuff uses the following notation. $X = \...
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Unobstructedness of nodal holomorphic curve in symplectic manifold

Suppose $(X,\omega)$ is a compact symplectic manifold and $J$ is an $\omega$-compatible almost complex structure on $X$ (the symplectic structure seems to be irrelevant for this question actually). ...
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infinite-dimensional transversality theorem and its application on the universal moduli space of pseudo-holomorphic curves

We would like to discuss Proposition 3.2.1 in McDuff&Salamon's book "J-holomorphic Curves and Symplectic Topology(Second Endition)". Let me first remind you some background. Let $\Sigma$ be a ...
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Matsushita theorem on framed variety (X,D)

I have a question about fibrations on Irreducible log holomorphic symplectic manifolds. Lets give some introduction Motivation; A holomorphic symplectic manifold (HSM) is a $2n$-dimensional compact K\...
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Generation of compact Lagrangians over fields with characteristic 2

Let $\pi:X\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$ be a Lefschetz fibration, and assume that the fibers are exact or monotone. A classical result of Seidel says that all the closed weakly unobstructed Lagrangian ...
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Finding a smooth 6-manifold with a closed 2-form which is degenerate only along some embedded 2-spheres

Given a symplectic 6-manifold $(M,\omega)$ and an embedded symplectic 2-sphere $C\subset M$ whose normal bundle has the first Chern class -2. How to find on $M$ another closed 2-form $\eta$ which only ...
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What can be said about compact embedded exact Lagrangians in the generalized pair of pants?

What can be said about compact embedded exact Lagrangians in the $n$-dimensional generalized pair of pants e.g. the hypersurface in $(\mathbb{C}^*)^{n+1}$ defined by the equation: $$ 1+\Sigma_i z_i = ...
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How to calculate the exterior derivative on manifolds of smooth mappings?

Let $S$ be a compact finite-dimensional manifold $S$ and $(M, \omega)$ a symplectic manifold. The space of smooth maps from $S$ to $M$, denoted by $\mathcal{M}$, has a canonical infinite-dimensional ...
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Smooth handle attachment vs Weinstein handle attachment

Given a closed smooth manifold $M$ of dimension $n$, to which we attach a $k$-handle $H_k$. Take $T^{\ast} M$, can one realize $T^{\ast} (M\cup H_k)$ as a result of symplectic or Weinstein handle ...
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Continuation principle for solutions of Floer's equation in $\mathbb{R}\times [0,1]$ and transversality

Consider $(M,\omega)$ a symplectic manifold and $J$ a compatible almost complex structure. For me it's well known that if we consider 2 solutions $u,v:\mathbb{R}\times S^1\rightarrow M$ of Floer's ...
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Removal of singularities theorem for J-holomorphic curves in non-compact manifolds

Following the book by Mcduff and Salamon, J-holomorphic curves and Symplectic Topology, we know that every $J-$holomorphic curve on the punctured disk with values in a compact symplectic manifold ...
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Properties of $I_{\mu}$ for Lagrangian Floer Homology in the Cotangent bundle

Following the notation of the book "Lagrangian intersection Floer theory anomaly and obstruction" suppose we have that our symplectic manifold is a cotangent bundle $T^*M$ with the canonical ...
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Displacing a conormal Lagrangian from the zero section

I was told that the conormal bundle $\nu^*K$ of a knot $K\subset S^3$ can be displaced from the zero section $0_{S^3}$ in $T^*S^3.$ Having no intuition about whether/how often this happens in general, ...
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Continuation map interpolating two quadratic Hamiltonians with respect to different contact boundaries

Let $(M,\lambda)$ be a Liouville manifold. Consider two different contact boundaries $\partial_{\infty}^1M$ and $\partial_{\infty}^2M$ with respect to the same Liouville flow $Z$. Each of them ...
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Moment map of $\mathrm{O}(n)$-action on $\mathbb{C}^n$

Let $(\mathbb{C}^n, \omega_0)$ be the complex Euclidean space of dimension $n$ with the standard Kähler structure $\omega_0$. I am looking for a Hamiltonian $\mathrm{O}(n)$-action on $(\mathbb{C}^n, \...
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Cohomological indices VS cup-length, Lusternik-Schnirelmann category, betti sum in critical point set theory

Let $M$ be a (closed) manifold acted on by a compact Lie group $G$. For any characteristic class $\alpha \in H^*(BG)$, one can define a so-called cohomological index of $M$ as follows: $$\text{ind}_{\...
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Where can I find good surveys on Symplectic and Contact geometry

Are there any good survey articles in symplectic and contact geometry, which focus on the "big picture", i.e how this discipline fits into the mathematical world ? In the symplectic case : I am ...
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Symplectic displacement energy for several intersection points?

Let $(X, \omega)$ be a symplectic manifold. For any non-empty subset $Y \subset X$ we may define the displacement energy as $$ e(Y)=\mathrm{inf}\{||\phi||_H \: | \phi \in Ham(X, \omega), \phi(Y) \cap ...
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Existence of $K$-invariant complex structure

Let $K$ be a compact connected real Lie group, let $M$ be a symplectic manifold with a symplectic left action of $K$, and let $ω$ be the symplectic structure of $M$. Does there always exist a $K$-...
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The isotopy class of a Boothby-Wang contact structure

Let $p:\Sigma\to M$ be a non-trivial principal $S^1$-bundle over a closed orientable surface $M$. Let's call $V$ the vector field generating the $S^1$-action. It is known that there exists a Boothby-...
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Can one choose a sufficiently generic path of a.c.s such that only "codimension 1" bubbling occurs?

Consider a symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$ of dimension $2n$ (closed or open with bounded geometry). Let $L\subset M$ be a compact Lagrangian submanifold (not necessarily connected). Consider two ...
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Connectedness of the space of symplectic embeddings into a higher dimensional manifold

Suppose $M$ and $N$ are symplectic manifolds, $N$ is compact, $\dim_{\mathbb R}(N) \leq \dim_{\mathbb R}(M) -4$. Suppose there are embeddings $f_i:N \to M$, $i=0,1$ such that $f_i^*\omega_M$ is non-...
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What is the formula for the homology class represented by the diagonal?

Let $M$ be a compact oriented manifold and $\{\mu_{i}\}$ a basis for the homology $H_*(M, \mathbb{Z})$ (we are ignoring any torsion). Now consider the diagonal $\Delta_{M}$ inside $M\times M$. ...
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