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Upper bounds for the Lagrangian cobordism relation on Legendrian links

Geometric Topology 2024-12-25 v1

Abstract

Lagrangian cobordism induces a preorder on the set of Legendrian links in any contact 3-manifold. We show that any finite collection of null-homologous Legendrian links in a tight contact 3-manifold with a common rotation number has an upper bound with respect to the preorder. In particular, we construct an exact Lagrangian cobordism from each element of the collection to a common Legendrian link. This construction allows us to define a notion of minimal Lagrangian genus between any two null-homologous Legendrian links with a common rotation number.

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@article{arxiv.2105.02390,
  title  = {Upper bounds for the Lagrangian cobordism relation on Legendrian links},
  author = {Joshua M. Sabloff and David Shea Vela-Vick and C. -M. Michael Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.02390},
  year   = {2024}
}

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21 pages, 19 figures