A long exact sequence for symplectic Floer cohomology (Q1401001)

Let \(M\) be a contact symplectic \(2n\)-manifold with contact type boundary. Let \(\omega\) be the symplectic structure on \(M\), and let \(\alpha\) be a contact one-form on \(\partial M\) satisfying d\(\alpha = \omega |\partial M\) making \(\partial M\) convex. Assume further that \([\omega,\alpha] \in H^2(M,\partial M;\mathbb R)\) is zero. The author derives a long exact sequence of Floer cohomology groups for a pair \(L_0,L-1\) of exact Lagrangian submanifolds of \(M\) given an exact Lagrangian sphere \(L\) in M together with a preferred diffeomorphism \(f:S^n \rightarrow L\). This extends the Donaldson-Floer exact sequence derived by Braam and Donaldson in [\textit{P. Braam, S. K. Donaldson}, in: H. Hofer, C. Taubes, A. Weinstein, E. Zehnder (eds.), The Floer Memorial Volume, Progress in Mathematics, Vol. 133, Birkhäuser, Basel, 195-256 (1995; Zbl 0996.57516)] to the setting of symplectic Floer theory. Since the publication of this paper, the analogous Seiberg-Witten long exact sequence has been derived by \textit{P. B. Kronheimer, T. S. Mrowka, P. Ozsvath} and \textit{Z. Szabo} in [Monopoles and lens space surgeries, preprint, math.GT/0310164].