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Open-closed maps and spectral local systems

Symplectic Geometry 2026-01-09 v2 Algebraic Topology K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

Let XX be a graded Liouville domain. Fix a pair of infinite loop spaces Ψ=(ΘΦ)\Psi = (\Theta \to \Phi) living over (BOBU)(BO \to BU). This determines a spectral Fukaya category F(X;Ψ)\mathcal{F}(X;\Psi) whenever TXTX lifts to Φ\Phi, containing closed exact Lagrangians LL for which TLTL lifts compatibly to Θ\Theta; and by Bott periodicity and index theory, a Thom spectrum RR with bordism theory RR_*. This paper has two main goals: we incorporate rank one spectral local systems ξ:LBGL1(R)\xi: L \to BGL_1(R) into the spectral category; and we prove that the bordism class [(L,ξ)][(L,\xi)] defined by the open-closed map differs from the class [L][L] by a multiplicative two-torsion element in R0(L)×R^0(L)^{\times} determined by an action of the stable homotopy class of the Hopf map ηπ1st\eta \in \pi_1^{st} on ξ\xi. Methods include a twisting construction associating flow categories to spectral local systems, and a model for the open-closed map incorporating Schlichtkrull's construction of the trace map BGL1(R)K(R)RBGL_1(R) \subseteq K(R) \to R. The companion paper \cite{PS4} shows that (for Lagrangians which themselves admit spectral lifts) one can lift quasi-isomorphisms from Z\mathbb{Z} to Ψ\Psi at the cost of introducing rank one local systems. Together with the open-closed computation given here, this gives an essentially complete picture of the bordism-theoretic consequences of quasi-isomorphism in the classical exact Fukaya category.

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@article{arxiv.2509.21483,
  title  = {Open-closed maps and spectral local systems},
  author = {Noah Porcelli and Ivan Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.21483},
  year   = {2026}
}

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