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Invariants of Lagrangian surfaces

Symplectic Geometry 2007-05-23 v3 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We define a nonnegative integer \la(L,L0;ϕ)\la(L,L_0;\phi) for a pair of diffeomorphic closed Lagrangian surfaces L0,LL_0,L embedded in a symplectic 4-manifold (M,\w)(M,\w) and a diffeomorphism ϕ\Diff+(M)\phi\in\Diff^+(M) satisfying ϕ(L0)=L\phi(L_0)=L. We prove that if there exists ϕ\Diffo+(M)\phi\in\Diff^+_o(M) with ϕ(L0)=L\phi(L_0)=L and \la(L,L0;ϕ)=0\la(L,L_0;\phi)=0, then L0,LL_0,L are symplectomorphic. We also define a second invariant n(L1,L0;[Lt])=n(L1,L0,[ϕt])n(L_1,L_0;[L_t])=n(L_1,L_0,[\phi_t]) for a smooth isotopy Lt=ϕt(L0)L_t=\phi_t(L_0) between two Lagrangian surfaces L0L_0 and L1L_1 with \la(L1,L0;ϕ1)=0\la (L_1,L_0;\phi_1)=0, which serves as an obstruction of deforming LtL_t to a Lagrangian isotopy with L0,L1L_0,L_1 preserved.

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@article{arxiv.math/0410623,
  title  = {Invariants of Lagrangian surfaces},
  author = {Mei-Lin Yau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0410623},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

14 pages. Some mistakes corrected. Abstract revised

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