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Whitehead products in symplectomorphism groups and Gromov-Witten invariants

Symplectic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Consider any symplectic ruled surface (Mλg,ωλ)(M^g_{\lambda},\omega_{\lambda}) given by (Σg×S2,λσΣgσS2)(\Sigma_g \times S^2, \lambda \sigma_{\Sigma_g} \oplus \sigma_{S^2}). We compute all natural equivariant Gromov-Witten invariants EGWg,0(Mλg;Hk,AkF)EGW_{g,0}(M^g_{\lambda};H_k, A-kF) for all hamiltonian circle actions HkH_k on MλgM^g_{\lambda}, where A=[Σg×pt]A=[\Sigma_g \times pt] and F=[pt×S2]F= [pt \times S^2]. We use these invariants to show the nontriviality of certain higher order Whitehead products that live in the homotopy groups of the symplectomorphism groups GλgG_{\lambda}^g, g0g \geq 0. Our results are sharper when g=0,1g=0,1 and enable us to answer a question posed by D.McDuff in the case g=1g=1 and provide a new interpretation of the multiplicative structure in the ring H(BGλ0;\Q)H^*(BG^0_{\lambda} ;\Q) found by Abreu-McDuff.

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@article{arxiv.math/0411108,
  title  = {Whitehead products in symplectomorphism groups and Gromov-Witten invariants},
  author = {Olguta Buse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0411108},
  year   = {2007}
}

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22 pages