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Hofer geometry of $A_3$-configurations

Symplectic Geometry 2026-04-13 v2

Abstract

Let L0,L1,L2ML_0,L_1,L_2 \subset M be exact Lagrangian spheres in a Liouville domain MM with 2c1(M)=02c_1(M)=0. If L0,L1,L2L_0,L_1,L_2 form an A3A_3-configuration, we show that L(L0)\mathscr{L}(L_0) and L(L2)\mathscr{L}(L_2) endowed with the Hofer metric contain quasi-isometric embeddings of (R,)(\mathbb{R}^\infty, \|\cdot\|_\infty), i.e. infinite-dimensional quasi-flats. A corollary of the proof presented here establishes that Hamc(M)\text{Ham}_c(M) itself contains an infinite-dimensional quasi-flat. We also show that for a Dehn twist τ:MM\tau: M \to M along L1L_1 the boundary depth of CF(τ2(L0),L)CF(\tau^{2\ell}(L_0), L') is unbounded in LL(L2)L' \in \mathscr{L}(L_2) for any N0\ell \in \mathbb{N}_0.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2402.16773,
  title  = {Hofer geometry of $A_3$-configurations},
  author = {Adrian Dawid},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.16773},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

35 pages, 4 figures. v2: to appear in Journal of Symplectic Geometry; revised based on the referee's comments

R2 v1 2026-06-28T15:00:38.986Z