A bordered Legendrian contact algebra

DOI10.4310/JSG.2014.V12.N2.A2MaRDI QIDQ462505zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John G. Harper, Michael G. Sullivan

Publication date 20 October 2014

Published in The Journal of Symplectic Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.1962, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jsg/1409317930

zbMATH Keywords

gradient flow treeLegendrian contact algebraLegendrian knot

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds (53D35) Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17)

Abstract: Sivek proves a "van Kampen" decomposition theorem for the combinatorial Legendrian contact algebra (also known as the Chekanov-Eliashberg algebra) of knots in standard contact $R^3$ . We prove an analogous result for the holomorphic curve version of the Legendrian contact algebra of certain Legendrians submanifolds in standard contact $J^1(M).$ This includes all 1- and 2-dimensional Legendrians, and some higher dimensional ones. We present various applications including a Mayer-Vietoris sequence for linearized contact homology similar to Sivek's and a connect sum formula for the augmentation variety introduced by Ng. The main tool is the theory of gradient flow trees developed by Ekholm.

Review text

Adapted from the author's abstract: In 2011 S. Sivek proved a ``van Kampen decomposition theorem for the combinatorial Legendrian contact algebra (also known as the Chekanov-Eliashberg algebra) of knots in the standard contact \(\mathbb R^3\). The authors prove an analogous result for the holomorphic curve version of the Legendrian contact algebra of certain Legendrians submanifolds in the standard contact \(J^1(M)\). This includes all 1- and 2-dimensional, as well as some higher-dimensional Legendrian submanifolds. Various applications including a Mayer-Vietoris sequence for linearized contact homology, are considered.

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