English

Symplectic fillings and cobordisms of lens spaces

Geometric Topology 2021-05-13 v2 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We complete the classification of symplectic fillings of tight contact structures on lens spaces. In particular, we show that any symplectic filling XX of a virtually overtwisted contact structure on L(p,q)L(p,q) has another symplectic structure that fills the universally tight contact structure on L(p,q)L(p,q). Moreover, we show that the Stein filling of L(p,q)L(p,q) with maximal second homology is given by the plumbing of disk bundles. We also consider the question of constructing symplectic cobordisms between lens spaces and report some partial results.

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@article{arxiv.2006.16687,
  title  = {Symplectic fillings and cobordisms of lens spaces},
  author = {John B. Etnyre and Agniva Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.16687},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

51 pages, 25 figures, extended discussion of cobordisms