Questions tagged [floer-homology]
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Citation hunting: Floer on spectral sequences
I vaguely remember a YouTube talk that began with a citation from Floer regarding the existence of a spectral sequence. The idea was that given a manifold with a Morse function, we can construct a ...
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Does this pseudo-holomorphic triangle contribute to the product $\mu_2$ in Lagrangian Floer cohomology?
I'm computing the product map $$\mu_2 : CF(L_0,V)\otimes CF(V,L_1)\to CF(L_0,L_1)$$ in Seidel's exact triangle for this specific case:
This is a genus 2 surface, and I color-coded the three (...
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Is Heegaard-Floer homology the Lagrangian Floer homology of $M=\text{Sym}^g(\Sigma), L_0=\mathbb{T}_{\alpha},L_1=\mathbb{T}_{\beta}$?
Is Heegaard Floer homology the Lagrangian Floer homology of $M=\text{Sym}^g(\Sigma), L_0=\mathbb{T}_{\alpha},L_1=\mathbb{T}_{\beta}$? I am interested in the relationship between the theories
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Lagrangian Floer theory for negative monotone symplectic manifolds and Lagrangians
In the paper "Floer cohomology of Lagrangian intersections and pseudo-holomorphic Disks I", Oh shows that for a compact monotone Lagrangian $L$ in a closed monotone symplectic manifold $M$ ...
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Bubbling off a sphere in a splitting/stretching manifold
This question is related to my old question Bubbling off of a pseudo holomorphic sphere on surface with cylindrical ends about the bubbling off argument in Seidel's paper The symplectic Floer homology ...
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Algebraic variations of the full knot Floer complex
In Hom's paper (arXiv link), p.20, Section 3.3 ends with
"There are other algebraic modifications one may consider, such as setting $U^n =
0$ or $UV = 0$",
referring to the knot Floer ...
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Influence of symplectic invariants of the complement on being superheavy
Let $(M,\omega)$ be a symplectic manifold.
I'm trying to show that a compact subset $K\subset M$ is $1$-superheavy [1, Definition 1.3] where $1=PD([M])$ is the unit in $QH^0(M)$.
My question is: How ...
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Confusion about proof of $C^0$ bounds for Floer curves on cotangent bundles
I have trouble understanding the proof of theorem 5.4 from Cielibak's article "Pseudo-holomorphic curves and periodic orbits on cotangent bundles". At the bottom of page 267 he defines a ...
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Product structures in Rabinowitz Floer homology
Let $(M,d\lambda)$ be a compact exact symplectic manifold and $\overline{M}$ its symplectic completion. For simplicity we can think of $\overline{M}$ has a cotangent bundle and $\partial M$ the sphere ...
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Relation between symplectic (co)homology and Hochschild (co)homology and deformations
A very fluffy question in which I'm ignorant of homology/cohomology, grading etc:
The open-closed and closed-open string maps relating the symplectic (co)homology and Hochschild (co)homology of the ...
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Why should we restrict the multiplicitiy of hyperbolic orbit to be one in Embedded contact homology?
Embedded contact homology(abbreviated by ECH) is a Floer type theory specially designed for three dimensional contanct manifolds(or generally, manifold with stable Hamiltonian structure) invented by ...
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Index of Floer operator for Hamiltonian vs Lagrangian Floer Homology
I am trying to see if there is a way to translate the computation of the index of the Floer operator for Hamiltonian Floer to Lagrangian Floer. Hamiltonian Floer homology is a theory that counts (...
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Choice of a family of almost complex structures when defining Floer Homology
Consider a $1$-periodic Hamiltonian $H:S^{1}\times M\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ defined on a compact symplectic manifold $M$. Let's suppose $M$ is nice enough so that we can develop Floer theory on it. ...
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Why is embedded contact homology so powerful?
The Embedded Contact Homology (ECH), introduced by M. Hutchings, is an invariant of (contact) three-manifolds. Since its introduction, well-known conjectures in symplectic/contact topology in ...
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Introduction to Floer Theory?
Can anyone suggest a good overview/introduction of the Floer machine for a beginner? (Someone pointed out some intriguing connections to surface mapping class groups, which might be enough incentive ...
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Transversality and $C^l$, $C^{\infty}$ spaces of almost complex structures
Recently I have been trying to get a grip on transversality results in Floer homology. That is suppose we the section $\partial_{J,H}: W^{1,p}(u^*(TM))\rightarrow L^{p}(u^*(TM))$ and we want to prove ...
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Dismissing pseudoholomorphic curves in embedded contact homology
In the papers
The periodic Floer homology of a Dehn twist,
Rounding corners of polygons and the embedded contact homology of $T^3$,
and Combinatorial embedded contact homology for toric contact ...
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Moduli space of flat connection over homology 3-sphere
I'm trying to understand the space of flat connections of the trivial $\mathrm{SU}(2)$-bundle over a closed, oriented homology three-sphere (for the purpose of understanding the instanton Floer ...
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Perturbation of vector fields in Morse Homology
Recently I have been reading on Morse Homology. Suppose we have a compact manifold $M$ and a smooth function $f:M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and a Morse vector field $X$ such that we can do Morse ...
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Linearization of the Floer equation
In Floer Homology we want to prove that the Moduli spaces $\mathcal{M}(x^{-},x^{+})$ are finite dimensional manifolds. This is done by expressing them as the zero set of a Fredholm map. First one ...
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What does Yang-Mills and mass gap problem has to do with mathematics?
I'm not very experienced in this topic, but I read a short description of the Yang-Mills existence and mass gap problem, and as long as I understood it has mainly physical consequences and ...
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Seidel's calculation of the Floer cohomology of a cotangent fibre and its Dehn twist
I am reading Seidel's paper on exact Lagrangian submanifolds in $T^*S^n$ and the graded Kronecker quiver, and in Lemma 2 (2) he claims the following fact: if $F_0$ is a cotangent fibre and $F_1$ is $\...
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Definition of Floer complex in Floer's "Morse theory for Lagrangian intersections"
I am moving the first steps into Lagrangian Floer theory and I am trying to understand the construction, as in the original paper, for the field $\mathbb{Z}_2$ (no orientations) and $\pi_2(P,L) = 0$.
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Why is this special symplectic loop contractible? (Floer Homology)
In the construction of Floer homology, one shows a formula that connects the Maslov index/ Conley–Zehnder index $\mu$ with the dimension of the moduli spaces of connecting gradient flow lines: $$\dim \...
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Invariance of morse homology, doubt in proof in book "Morse Theory and Floer homology"
I am reading the book "Morse theory and Floer Homology" by Michele Audin and Mihai Damian. Now I am reading the proof of the following theorem.
Link to the statement of the theorem
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Generic choice of non-degenerate Hamiltonians $H$ in Floer theory
When developing floer theory for an Hamiltonian $H:M\times S^{1}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ we will want $H$ to satisfy a non-degenerancy condition, that is, for every $x\in \mathcal{P}(H)$, a periodic ...
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Associativity of orientations of determinant bundles in Floer homology
I have been reading the paper "Coherent orientations for periodic orbits problems in symplectic geometry" by Floer and Hofer, trying to understand how we can orient the moduli spaces that ...
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Computing the Fredholm index in Floer theory
In Salamon's notes on Floer homology, it's claimed that under some non-degenerancy assumptions the operator $$D:= \partial_s+J_0\partial_t+S(s,t): W^{1,p}(\mathbb{R}\times S^1,\mathbb{R}^{2n})\...
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Heegard diagrams for three-manifolds
I have a basic question about the Heegaard diagrams involved in providing a framework
for calculation of Floer-Homology of three-manifolds.
Typically such diagrams look like Figure 1 and Figure 2 here ...
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The Floer Equation is Elliptic
Let $(M,\omega)$ be a symplectic manifold and $H \in C^\infty(M \times \mathbb{S}^1)$. Furthermore, let $J$ be an $\omega$-compatible almost complex structure on $M$. The Floer equation is the ...
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Some clarifications on the PSS isomorphism in Hamiltonian Floer cohomology
I'm looking for some help in understanding the PSS isomorphism map in the context of Hamiltonian Floer cohomology and Morse cohomology with universal Novikov coefficients $\Lambda_{\omega}$ (à la ...
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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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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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$\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^n$ is monotone in $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^n$, Lagrangian floer cohomology
Following the paper "Floer cohomology of lagrangian intersections and Pseudo-Holomoprhic discks 2" by OH, it is mentioned that $\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^n$ is monotone in $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^n$...
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Lagrangian Floer (co)homology, Novikov coverings and exact symplectic manifolds
I started reading the book "Lagrangian intersection Floer theory anomaly and obstruction", and there are a couple of details and assumptions in the definition of the Novikov covering that I ...
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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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Motivation behind the usual setting of the (weak) Arnold conjecture for fixed points of an hamiltonian diffeomorphism
I'm trying to find out the motivations that led V. Arnold to formulate his famous conjecture (I guess theorem by now) in the following form:
Let $(M,\omega)$ be a closed symplectic manifold (add ...
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Gluing maps in Floer Homology and boundary conditions
Recently, I have been trying to a construction of a gluing map regarding the Lagrangian Floer Homology of two fibers in the cotangent bundle $T^*M$ of a manifold , in order to prove that the map $\...
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Banach manifold structure on the moduli space of hybrid trajectories
I am reading the paper "On the Floer homology of cotangent bundles", (arXiv link) , by Abbondandolo and Schwarz and in page $35$ to define the isomorphism between the Morse complex and the ...
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Gluing of Morse-type trajectories in "Floer Homology of Cotangent bundles"
In the paper by A. Abbondadolo and M.Schwarz, "On the Floer homology of cotangent bundles" arXiv link, to prove the desired isomorphism between the Floer homology and the Morse homology of ...
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Cup product and PSS map
Let $(M,\omega)$ be a symplectic manifold and let $H$ a Hamiltonian function. If $M$ is not closed we consider $H$ to be linear at infinity to ensure that $HF^*(H)$ is well-defined (I'm particularly ...
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Compactness of Moduli spaces in Lagrangian Floer Cohomology
I have been reading Denis Aurox lecture notes on Fukaya Categories https://arxiv.org/pdf/1301.7056.pdf , and in page $9$ he starts to discuss the compactness properties of the moduli spaces and how we ...
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Maslov index equal to $2$ implies that the disk is not multiply covered
In the paper Floer cohomology of lagrangian intersections and pseudo-holomorphic disks in page $1009$ the authors claim that a map $w:D^2\rightarrow S^2$ with $w|_{\partial D^2}\subset L$, where $L$ ...
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Compactness properties in floer homology of cotangent bundles in the non-periodic case
Following the paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0408280.pdf I have been interested in studying the case of solutions $x:[0,1] \rightarrow T^*M$ such that $x(0)\in T_{q_0}^*M$ and $x(1)\in T_{q_1}^*M$ ...
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Composition of coproduct and product in Lagrangian Floer (co)homology
Let's take a Riemann surface $\Sigma$ and three Lagrangians $L_0,L_1,L_2$ in general position. let's assume that we can set up Lagrangian Floer (co)homology - Here I'm being vague because I don't want ...
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Lagrangian intersection Floer homology: understanding some assumptions
Let $(X,\omega)$ be a symplectic manifold and $L\subset X$ be a Lagrangian subspace.
Let $\mu_L:H_2(X,L;\mathbb{Z})\to \mathbb{Z}$ be the Maslov index
homomorphism.
Usual hypothesis
Recall that $L$...
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Do we get a instanton $S^{3}$ if we do $1/n$ surgery on a knot in $S^{3}$?
Consider the following question:
Let $K\subset S^{3}$ be a nontrivial knot, and let $Y$ be the manifold obtained by doing $1/n$-surgery ($n\geq1$). Is it possible that the instanton Floer homology of $...
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Bubbling of disks when proving compactness properties in Lagrangian floer cohomology
When defining lagrangian floer cohomology , as it's done in the paper "Floer cohomology of lagrangian Intersections and pseudo holomorphic disks I,II" we will need to look into the ...
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Examples and classification of holomorphic strips in $(\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^n,\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^n)$
Consider an exact isotopy $\phi_t$ of $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^n$ such that $\phi_1(\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^n)\pitchfork \mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^n$. When trying to compute the Lagrangian Floer cohomology of $(\...
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Gluing of hybrid trajectories in Floer homology
In the paper by A. Abbondadolo and M.Schwarz, "On the Floer homology of cotangent bundles" arXiv link, to prove the desired isomorphism between the Floer homology and the Morse homology of ...
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