On Legendrian embeddings into open book decompositions (Q2326501)

The main result of this paper is the following flexibility result: Let \(L\) be a compact Legendrian submanifold of a closed contact manifold \((M,\xi)\) of dimension \(2n+1\geq 3\) which admits an open book \(\mathcal{OB}\) supporting \(\xi\). If the pages of \(\mathcal{OB}\) are Weinstein, then there exists a contact structure \(\xi'\) compatible with \(\mathcal{OB}\) and a contactomorphism \(f\colon (M,\xi)\to (M,\xi')\) such that \(f(L)\) can be Legendrian isotoped so that it becomes disjoint from the closure of a page of \(\mathcal{OB}\). In the smooth category, given a compact \(n\)-dimensional submanifold \(L\) of a closed \((2n+1)\)-dimensional manifold admitting an open book \(\mathcal{OB}\), it is not possible, in general, to isotope \(L\) so that it becomes disjoint from the closure of a page of the open book. However, if the pages of \(\mathcal{OB}\) retract onto a finite \(n\)-dimensional \(CW\)-complex, a general position argument shows that this is possible. The above theorem is made possible by the fact that every Weinstein domain of dimension \(2n\) is homotopy equivalent to its core which is an \(n\)-dimensional finite \(CW\)-complex; see [\textit{K. Cieliebak} and \textit{Y. Eliashberg}, From Stein to Weinstein and back. Symplectic geometry of affine complex manifolds. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS) (2012; Zbl 1262.32026)].