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An exact sequence for contact- and symplectic homology

Symplectic Geometry 2015-05-13 v2

Abstract

A symplectic manifold WW with contact type boundary M=WM = \partial W induces a linearization of the contact homology of MM with corresponding linearized contact homology HC(M)HC(M). We establish a Gysin-type exact sequence in which the symplectic homology SH(W)SH(W) of WW maps to HC(M)HC(M), which in turn maps to HC(M)HC(M), by a map of degree -2, which then maps to SH(W)SH(W). Furthermore, we give a description of the degree -2 map in terms of rational holomorphic curves with constrained asymptotic markers, in the symplectization of MM.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2169,
  title  = {An exact sequence for contact- and symplectic homology},
  author = {Frédéric Bourgeois and Alexandru Oancea},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2169},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Final version. Changes for v2: Proof of main theorem supplemented with detailed discussion of continuation maps. Description of degree -2 map rewritten with emphasis on asymptotic markers. Sec. 5.2 rewritten with emphasis on 0-dim. moduli spaces. Transversality discussion reorganized for clarity (now Remark 9). Various other minor modifications