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The persistence of the Chekanov-Eliashberg algebra

Symplectic Geometry 2020-09-28 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We apply the barcodes of persistent homology theory to the Chekanov-Eliashberg algebra of a Legendrian submanifold to deduce displacement energy bounds for arbitrary Legendrians. We do not require the full Chekanov-Eliashberg algebra to admit an augmentation as we linearize the algebra only below a certain action level. As an application we show that it is not possible to C0C^0-approximate a stabilized Legendrian by a Legendrian that admits an augmentation.

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@article{arxiv.1810.10473,
  title  = {The persistence of the Chekanov-Eliashberg algebra},
  author = {Georgios Dimitroglou Rizell and Michael G. Sullivan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.10473},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

29 pages, 4 figures; version accepted for publication in Selecta Mathematica. This is a major revision with many fixes and improvements. The constant in Theorem 1.1 has been improved. The theory of barcodes have been properly introduced in the new Section 2 together with new related terminology. The proof of Theorem 1.1 was rewritten in the new language and given a greater level of details