The geometric complexity of special Lagrangian \(T^2\)-cones (Q1882746): Difference between revisions

Let \(\mathbb{C}^n\) \((n\geq 3)\) be endowed with its Euclidean metric standard complex structure and usual holomorphic \((n,0)\)-form \(dz^1 \wedge\cdots\wedge dz^n\), considered as a Calabi-Yau \(n\)-fold manifold and as a O-SLG calibration in the sense of \textit{R. Harvey} and \textit{H. B. Lawson jun.} paper ``Calibrated geometries'' [Acta Math. 148, 47--157 (1982; Zbl 0583.53021)]. Also, let \(T^{n-1}\subset S^{2n-1}\) be the Clifford torus and. In particular, \(T^2\)-cones in \(\mathbb C^3\) are strictly stable, hence Legendrian stable and rigid [see \textit{D. Joyce}, Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 25, No. 4, 301--352 (2004; Zbl 1068.53038)]. Moreover, every SLG \(T^2\)-cone has a fundamental integer invariant, namely its spectral curve genus. The main results of this paper is that the spectral curve genus of an SLG \(T^2\)-cone gives a lower bound for its geometric complexity, i.e. the area, the stability index and the Legendrian index of any SLG \(T^2\)-cone are all bounded below by explicit linearly growing functions of the spectral curve genus. The author proves that the unique SLG \(T^2\)-cone with the smallest possible Legendrian index (hence the unique stable SLG \(T^2\)-cone) is the cone \(C(T^2)\) on the Clifford torus in \(S^5\) which has spectral curve genus zero. An analogous result for minimal Lagrangian tori in \(C \mathbb{P}^2\) was given by Urbano. The new proof, is considerably simpler than Urbano's original proof. This last result, combined with an argument of \textit{D. Joyce} [Lectures on Calabi-Yau and special Lagrangian geometry, arXiv:math.DG/0108088(2001)] leads the author to a classification of all rigid SLG cones which can occur in an index 1 singularity in three dimensions, by using methods of integrable systems/algebraic curves. The geometric complexity is precised for cones with spectral curve germs two: namely, the explicit author's description of minimal Legendrian tori in \(S^5\), invariant under a 1-parameter subgroup of \(SU(3)\) is used to obtain refined estimates of the Legendrian and stability indices of \(S^1\)-invariant minimal Legendrian 2-tori. These explicit descriptions are used again to obtain analytic and numerical results on the area of such tori. As a consequence of these, refined numerical results on the area of such tori. As a consequence of these refined lower bounds is proved that there exist \(S^1\)-invariant SLG torus cones of arbitrarily large area, Legendrian and stability indices. The ``philosophy'' of the paper's results to understand the most common three-dimensional isolated singularities of generic families of SLG submanifolds in almost Calabi-Yau manifolds related to Joyce's program. Moreover, the implications of the results on SLG-cones for several other problems in SLG geometry is described in Appendix B.