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A spectral sequence for Lagrangian Floer homology

Symplectic Geometry 2012-05-18 v3 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove the existence of a spectral sequence for Lagrangian Floer homology which converges to the Floer homology of the image of a Lagrangian submanifold under multiple fibred Dehn twists. The E1E_1 term of the sequence is given by the hypercube of "resolutions" of the Dehn twists involved. The proof relies on the exact triangle for fibered Dehn twists due to Wehrheim and Woodward. As applications we obtain a spectral sequences from Khovanov homology to symplectic Khovanov homology. Also when a 3-manifold MM is given by gluing two handlebodies by a surface diffeomorphism ϕ\phi, we obtain a spectral sequence converging to the Heegaard-Floer homology of MM, whose E1E_1 term is a hypercube obtained from different ways of resolving the Dehn twists in ϕ\phi. This latter sequence generalizes the spectral sequence of branched double covers to general closed 3-manifolds (i.e. those which are not branched double covers of links) however its E2E_2 term is not a 3-manifold invariant. This gives upper bounds on the rank of HF-hat of closed 3-manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.1201.4663,
  title  = {A spectral sequence for Lagrangian Floer homology},
  author = {Reza Rezazadegan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.4663},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Figure 10 was not drawn correctly which is now correct

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