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Floer field theory for tangles

Symplectic Geometry 2016-03-22 v4

Abstract

We use quilted Floer theory to construct functor-valued invariants of tangles arising from moduli spaces of flat bundles on punctured surfaces. As an application, we show the non-triviality of certain elements in the symplectic mapping class groups of moduli spaces of flat bundles on punctured spheres.

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@article{arxiv.1503.07615,
  title  = {Floer field theory for tangles},
  author = {Katrin Wehrheim and Chris Woodward},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.07615},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Added result about smooth isotopy of squares of Dehn twists

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