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Naturality in real Heegaard Floer theory

Geometric Topology 2026-07-31 v1

Abstract

In a previous paper we defined real Heegaard Floer homology, an invariant of three-manifolds equipped with involutions. Here we prove that real Heegaard Floer homology is natural, and that it admits an action of the equivariant mapping class group. We also establish naturality of real link Floer homology and real sutured Floer homology, and give a definition of involutive real Heegaard Floer homology.

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@article{arxiv.2608.00256,
  title  = {Naturality in real Heegaard Floer theory},
  author = {Gary Guth and Ciprian Manolescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.00256},
  year   = {2026}
}

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127 pages, many figures. Comments welcome!