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We derive some restrictions on the topology of a monotone Lagrangian submanifold $L\subset\mathbf{C}^n$ by making observations about the topology of the moduli space of Maslov 2 holomorphic discs with boundary on $L$ and then using Damian's…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-11 Jonathan David Evans , Jarek Kȩdra

We prove a degenerate homological Arnol'd conjecture on Lagrangian intersections beyond the case studied by A. Floer and H. Hofer via a new version of Lagrangian Ljusternik--Schnirelman theory. We introduce the notion of (Lagrangian)…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-16 Wenmin Gong

The original Arnold chord conjecture states that every closed Legendrian submanifold of the standard contact sphere $S^{2n-1}$ admits a Reeb chord with distinct endpoints with respect to any contact form. In this paper, we prove this…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Jungsoo Kang

On a compact K\"{a}hler manifold $X$ with a holomorphic 2-form $\a$, there is an almost complex structure associated with $\a$. We show how this implies vanishing theorems for the Gromov-Witten invariants of $X$. This extends the approach,…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Junho Lee

A well-known conjecture of Caratheodory states that the number of umbilic points on a closed convex surface in ${\mathbb E}^3$ must be greater than one. In this paper we prove this for $C^{3+\alpha}$-smooth surfaces. The Conjecture is first…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-20 Brendan Guilfoyle , Wilhelm Klingenberg

We construct families of quilted surfaces parametrized by the multiplihedra, and define moduli spaces of pseudoholomorphic quilted disks using the theory of pseudoholomorphic quilts of Wehrheim and Woodward. We prove a gluing theorem for…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2009-09-21 Sikimeti Ma'u

We give a detailed proof of the homological Arnold conjecture for nondegenerate periodic Hamiltonians on general closed symplectic manifolds $M$ via a direct Piunikhin-Salamon-Schwarz morphism. Our constructions are based on a coherent…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-18 Benjamin Filippenko , Katrin Wehrheim

We offer a new construction of Lagrangian submanifolds for the Gopakumar-Vafa conjecture relating the Chern-Simons theory on the 3-sphere and the Gromov-Witten theory on the resolved conifold. Given a knot in the 3-sphere its conormal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sergiy Koshkin

Given a closed, oriented Lagrangian submanifold $L$ in a Liouville domain $\overline{M}$, one can define a Maurer-Cartan element with respect to a certain $L_\infty$-structure on the string homology…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Yin Li

In this article, we study the Hamiltonian dynamics on singular symplectic manifolds and prove the Arnold conjecture for a large class of $b^m$-symplectic manifolds. Novel techniques are introduced to associate smooth symplectic forms to the…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-01 Joaquim Brugués , Eva Miranda , Cédric Oms

In "Proof of the Arnold chord conjecture in three dimensions I", we deduced the Arnold chord conjecture in three dimensions from another result, which asserts that an exact symplectic cobordism between contact three-manifolds induces a map…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Michael Hutchings , Clifford Henry Taubes

We prove a conjecture of Ian Agol: all isometric realizations of a polyhedral surface with boundary sweep out an isotropic subset in the Kapovich-Millson moduli space of polygons isomorphic to the boundary. For a generic polyhedral disk we…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-11 Sasha Anan'in , Dmitrii Korshunov

I first recall the various problems of real enumerative geometry out of which I could extract some integer valued invariants, providing some real counterpart to Gromov-Witten invariants. I then discuss sharpness of the lower bounds given by…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2010-03-16 Jean-Yves Welschinger

Gromov's band-width conjecture gives a precise upper bound for the width of a compact Riemannian band with positive scalar curvature lower bound, assuming that the cross-section of the band admits no positive scalar curvature metrics.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Peter Hochs , Jinmin Wang

We develop the theory of $J$-holomorphic discs in Hilbert spaces with almost complex structures. As an aplication, we prove a version of Gromov's symplectic non-squeezing theorem for Hilbert spaces. It can be applied to short-time…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2015-03-03 Alexandre Sukhov , Alexander Tumanov

In [R2] and [RO] the Arnold conjecture for closed symplectic manifolds with trivial second homotopy group was proved. This proof used surgery and cobordism theory. Here we give a purely cohomological proof of this result.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yuli B. Rudyak

In this article, we first give a proof on the Arnold chord conjecture which states that every Reeb flow has at least as many Reeb chords as a smooth function on the Legendre submanifold has critical points on contact manifold. Second, we…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2013-09-27 Renyi Ma

Let $G$ be a connected compact Lie group and let $\mathbb{G}$ be its complexification. In this paper, we establish a correspondence between the moduli spaces of holomorphic disks bounded by a $G$-invariant Lagrangian submanifold $L…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Yoosik Kim

We prove a conjecture of Gromov's to the effect that manifolds with isotropic curvature bounded below by 1 (after possibly rescaling) are macroscopically 1-dimensional on the scales greater than 1. As a consequence we prove that compact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-07 Gabriele La Nave

We define an invariant $l(M,W,\omega)$ for Lagrangian submanifold and prove that if the Lagrangian submanifold is embedded in the ball of radius $r_0$, then $l(M,W,\Omega)$ must be smaller than $4\pi t_0^2$. This improves Gromov's…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Renyi Ma