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Floer equation and Cauchy Riemann equation
Consider a symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$ with the property that $\pi_2(M) = 0$. Given a time dependent hamiltonian $H_t$ on $M$, and a $\omega$-compatible almost complex structure J on M, we may ...
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Monopole Floer Homology vs. Heegaard-Floer theory
I have a (possibly very naive) question: what is the relation between Monopole Floer Homology and Heegaard-Floer theory? (both known and conjectured)
Is there some version of Atiyah-Floer conjecture ...
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Manifold of mappings between $M$ and $N$, with non-compact source $M$
EDIT: Let $M$ and $N$ are two smooth manifold and suppose $N$ is compact but $M$ is not necessarily compact. For my purpose, I just need to consider the case $M=\mathbb R \times S^1$ or $\mathbb R \...
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Locality in Floer theory
There appears to be a dearth of resources and references for the question of 'locality' in Floer theory. In particular, I cannot seem to find any complete statement of what people refer to as '...
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Is there any known relationship between sutured contact homology and Legendrian contact homology?
On one hand, Colin-Ghiggini-Honda-Hutchings' construction (https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.2942) provides an invariant of a Legendrian $L$ in a closed contact manifold $(M,\xi)$ via the sutured contact ...
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What is Floer homology of a knot?
I've heard that there are different theories providing knot invariants in form of homologies. My understanding is that if you embed knot in a special way into a space, there is a special homology ...
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Path of almost complex structure in the definition of Heegaard Floer homology
$\DeclareMathOperator\Sym{Sym}$In order to define Heegaard Floer Homology for a connected, closed, oriented 3 manifold, we fix a generic path of nearly symmetric almost complex structure $J_s$ over $\...
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Floer cohomology from mapping spaces of $\infty$ categories
There's a meta-observation (of Urs Schreiber, who attributes it to Ken Brown and Lurie) that 'cohomology theories come from mapping spaces of $(\infty,1)$ categories'. This is described in detail at ...
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Fredholm property about $L^p$-extension $(p\neq 2)$ of differential operators
The following is a well-known result for elliptic operators.
Theorem. Let $P: \Gamma(E)\to \Gamma(F)$ be an elliptic operator of order $m$ between vector bundles $E$ and $F$ over a compact ...
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Reference Request: "Neck Stretching Procedure" (In Symplectic Field Theory)
I've been reading some papers in Symplectic Geometry which refer to something called "Stretching the neck", and give reference to Eliashberg, Givental and Hofer's SFT paper (http://arxiv.org/abs/math/...
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How is the instanton Floer homology of Seifert fibrations related to that of a trivial fibration
My question centers around the relationship of the Chern-Simons theories of a Seifert fibration and the trivial product space $\Sigma_g \times S^1$, and its implication for instanton Floer homology. ...
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Does there exist a candidate for 'holomorphic' instanton Floer homology?
The Euler characteristic of instanton Floer homology agrees with the Casson invariant. Thomas introduced the notion of holomorphic Casson invariant, defined using the holomorphic Chern-Simons ...
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Orientations for pseudoholomorphic curves with totally real boundary condition
I am trying to understand what the obstructions are to orienting moduli spaces of pseudoholomorphic curves with totally real boundary condition.
I believe that Fukaya-Oh-Ohta-Ono have shown that if ...
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Index theorem interpretation of the spectral flow for a pseudo holomorphic curve
Let $(M , \omega)$ be a symplectic manifold, $J$ a compatible almost complex structure. We call pseudo holomorphic strip a solution $u : \mathbb R \times I \to M$ of the equation $\partial_s u + J \...
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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
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e(Y)=\mathrm{inf}\{||\phi||_H \: | \phi \in Ham(X, \omega), \phi(Y) \cap ...
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Where are $+$, $-$ and $\infty$ in bordered Heegaard-Floer theory?
Here goes my first MO-question. I've just read Lipshitz, Ozsváth and Thurston's recently updated "A tour of bordered Floer theory". To set the stage let me give two quotes from this paper.
Heegaard ...
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Why is Heegaard Floer Homology defined in terms of Sym$^g\Sigma_g$ instead of Pic$^g\Sigma_g$?
Recall the definition of Heegaard Floer homology: $\Sigma_g$ is a closed surface, and $\{\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_g\}$ and $\{\beta_1,\ldots,\beta_g\}$ are sets of attaching circles. Then Heegaard ...
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Question about transversality for PSS map in Hamiltonian Floer cohomology
Let X be a compact symplectic manifold and $H_t,J_t$ a Floer regular pair of $\mathbb{S}^1$ dependent Hamiltonians and complex structures. The PSS maps are defined by considering $\mathbb{C}$ with a ...
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Dimension of moduli space in Lagrangian Floer homology
Let $(M,\omega)$ be symplectic manifold with $\omega=c_{1}=0$ on
$\pi_{2}M$. Let $\Lambda\subseteq M$ be Lagrangian submanifold.
Let $H:M\times S^{1}\rightarrow\mathbf{R}$ be Hamiltonian and $J$
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use Floer homology to prove the fixed points
I read paper, in page 21, there is a proposition:
Let $(M,\omega)$ be a closed symplectic manifold with $\pi_2(M)=0$. Let {$f_t$}, $f_0$ = id, $f_1= f$ be a Hamiltonian path on M generated by a ...
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Almost complex structures in Floer theory
When defining the Floer cohomology $HF(L_0,L_1)$ of 2 Lagrangians in a symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$, one first has to choose some extra data such a 1-parameter family of almost complex structures ...
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$C^0$ estimates in wrapped Lagrangian Floer cohomology
Let $(M, d\theta, \theta, Z)$, be an exact Liouville domain, where $Z$ is the Liouville vector field and $\theta$ is the primitive of the symplectic form. Let $\bar{M}$, be the symplectic completion ...
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Computation of symplectic quasi-state
A subset of a symplectic manifold is called strongly non-displaceable if it cannot be displaced by symplectomorphisms. A meridian in a $2$-torus is displaceable by a symplectomorphism, but not by a ...
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Gromov-Floer compactness for C^0 convergence of complex structure/ C^1 convergence of Hamiltonian
Let $M$ be a compact symplectic manifold, $J$ a possibly surface dependent complex structure, and $H$ a Hamiltonian on $M$. I am interested in a variant of Gromov-Floer convergence for solutions of ...
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A question about solutions to Floer's equation which are asymptotic to a stationary point
Let $M$ be a compact symplectic manifold and $H$ a time independent Hamiltonian on $M$. Let $\alpha$ be a solution to Floer's equation
$$ u(t,s): S^1 \times \mathbb{R} \to M$$
$$(du+X_H\otimes dt)^...
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Length of Floer flow lines
Suppose $(X,\omega)$ is a closed symplectic manifold. Let $H$ denote a time-dependent Hamiltonian, all of whose critical points are non-degenerate, and fix an $\omega$-compatible time dependent family ...
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What can be said about compact embedded exact Lagrangians in the generalized pair of pants?
What can be said about compact embedded exact Lagrangians in the $n$-dimensional generalized pair of pants e.g. the hypersurface in $(\mathbb{C}^*)^{n+1}$ defined by the equation:
$$ 1+\Sigma_i z_i = ...
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Unobstructed Lagrangian tori
Let $X$ be a compact symplectic manifold, $U$ a Darboux chart, and $L$ a standard Lagrangian torus in $U$. Is $H^1(L)$ weakly unobstructed in the sense of Fukaya-Oh-Ohta-Ono (that is, does $b \in H^1(...
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Lie-infinity structure in Lagrangian Floer theory ?
Is there (besides the A-infinity structure) also a L-infinity structure in Lagrangian Floer theory (forming together a G-infinity structure) - like in Hochschild cohomology ?
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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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Degenerate moduli spaces in Floer homology
Let $(W,\omega)$ be a closed symplectially aspherical symplectic
manifold, and fix a Hamiltonian $H\in C^{\infty}(W\times S^{1};\mathbb{R})$
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